Spine deformity
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Multicenter Study
Do All Patients With Cerebral Palsy Require Postoperative Intensive Care Admission After Spinal Fusion?
Retrospective review of a prospective cohort. ⋯ Level III.
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Comparative Study
Spine Deformity With Fused Ribs Treated With Proximal Rib- Versus Spine-Based Growing Constructs.
Retrospective review of prospectively collected data. ⋯ Patients underwent a mean of eight lengthening surgeries before final fusion or cessation of lengthening with a modest 2.3-cm increase in T1-T12 height. Compared with proximal rib anchors, proximal spine anchors controlled kyphosis and improved Cobb angle correction for early-onset scoliosis with rib fusions.
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Retrospective cross-sectional cohort analysis. ⋯ Level III.
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Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients undergoing spine fusion (SF) had their data prospectively collected. The SRS Spine Appearance Questionnaire (SAQ) was the primary outcome measure. The data were reviewed in a retrospective manner. ⋯ Level 2.
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Vertebral anterior overgrowth has been suggested as part of the etio-pathogenesis of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). However, the link between 3D spinopelvic alignment and the vertebral anteroposterior height asymmetry in different scoliotic curves types and whether it deviates from the non-scoliotic controls, has not been studied. ⋯ The ΔAPVH depended on the scoliotic curve type and was significantly different from the controls only at the apical levels. Morphological changes in the scoliotic vertebrae, measured as anterior-posterior differences in the vertebral height, are related to the sagittal spinal profile suggesting the morphology of the vertebra contributes to the sagittal curvatures of the spine in AIS; nonetheless, such relationship between the vertebral morphology and the sagittal profile was not evident in non-scoliotic controls.