Is Growth-friendly Surgical Treatment Superior to One-stage Posterior Spinal Fusion in 9- to 11-year-old Children with Congenital Scoliosis?

• Published in: Clinical orthopaedics and related research Vol. 478; no. 10; pp. 2375 - 2386
• Main Authors: Xu, Liang, Sun, Xu, Du, Changzhi, Zhou, Qingshuang, Shi, Benlong, Zhu, Zezhang, Qiu, Yong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wolters Kluwer 01.10.2020; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies
• Subjects: Age; Cartilage; Children; Clinical Research; Patients; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Respiratory function; Scoliosis; Surgery; Surgical outcomes; Thorax; Titanium; Vertebrae

The distraction-based growth-friendly technique has become a mainstay of treatment for young children with long-spanned congenital scoliosis. However, in patients who are 9 years to 11 years old, the choice is much less clear, and posterior spinal fusion is also a potential option. Comparing growth-...