Sprengel Deformity: Follow-up

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Further Reading

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Keywords

Sprengel deformity, Sprengel's deformity, Sprengel anomaly, Sprengel's anomaly, congenital high scapula, congenital elevation of the scapula, failure of scapular descent, Sprengel's shoulder, Sprengel shoulder, hochgradige dislocation der scapula, high-grade dislocation of the scapula, hypoplastic scapula, elevated scapula, absent ribs, fused ribs, chest wall asymmetry, Klippel-Feil syndrome, cervical ribs, congenital scoliosis, cervical spina bifida, diastematomyelia, omovertebral bone, high shoulder, shoulder deformity, Greig syndrome, Greig cephalopolysyndactyly syndrome, GCPS, Poland syndrome, Poland anomaly, VATER association, velocardiofacial / velo-cardio-facial syndrome, VCFS, DiGeorge syndrome, floating harbor syndrome, floating-harbor syndrome, Goldenhar syndrome, oculo-auriculo-vertebral/oculoauriculovertebral syndrome, OAV syndrome, X-linked dominant hydrocephalus, skeletal anomalies, mental disturbance syndrome

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Mihir M Thacker, MBBS, MS(Orth), DNB(Orth), FCPS(Orth), D'Ortho, Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Pediatrics, Thomas Jefferson University; Consulting Staff, Department of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery, Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children; Orthopedic Oncologist, Helen F Graham Cancer Center and Christiana Care Health Services
Mihir M Thacker, MBBS, MS(Orth), DNB(Orth), FCPS(Orth), D'Ortho is a member of the following medical societies: Children's Oncology Group, Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society ASAMI-North America, Medical Council of India, and Musculoskeletal Tumor Society
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