Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1936;18:1027-1029.
© 1936 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
REVIEW OF 100 CASES OF SCOLIOSIS TREATED BY SPINE FUSION
W. E. BROGDEN M.D.1
1 Gibney Memorial Fellow, Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled, New York City
In spite of any discouraging conclusions, it is the author's belief that the spine-fusion operation has a very definite place in the armamentarium of the orthopaedic surgeon . The procedure definitely assures more rapid correction of the deformity and offers the patient the hope of eventually discarding all apparatus with safety.