ArticleEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2022
The effects of vertebral body tethering on sagittal parameters: evaluations from a 2-years follow-up.
Article in European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Pooled it
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- Preoperative Fulcrum Flexibility >80% Is Associated With Clinical Success in Vertebral Body Tethering.Global spine journal · 2026Article
- Sagittal Alignment Reciprocal Changes After Thoracolumbar/Lumbar Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Patient-specific biomechanical modeling of intraoperative scoliosis correction on the 2-year outcomes for thoracolumbar/lumbar vertebral body tethering.Spine deformity · 2026Article
- Vertebral Body Tethering for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Quality of Evidence and Recommendations From a Systematic Overview of Systematic Reviews in Literature.International journal of spine surgery · 2025Article
- Segmental range of motion of vertebral body tethering: an in-vitro analysis of single-tether, double-tether, and hybrid constructs.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- A case series in vertebral body tethering results in improvement in coronal Cobb angle but deterioration in axial rotation: a 3-dimensional analysis.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2024Article
- A comparison of patients receiving vertebral body tethering for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in the public and private hospital setting.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Article
- Radiological Outcomes of Re-tethering for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A 2-to-5-year Follow-Up Case Series After Index Vertebral Body Tethering Failure.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2024Article
- The efficacy of anterior vertebral body tethering in lenke type 6 curves for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2024Article
- Analysis of three-dimensional spine growth for vertebral body tethering patients at 2 and 5 years post operatively.Spine deformity · 2024Article
- Bilateral vertebral body tethering: identifying key factors associated with successful outcomes.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2024Article
- Inter-screw index as a novel diagnostic indicator of tether breakage.Spine deformity · 2023Article
- Outcomes of vertebral body tethering in the lumbar spine.Spine deformity · 2023Article
- Biomechanics of the tether breakage: tensile behaviour of a single-unit vertebral body tethering construct.Spine deformity · 2023Article
- Radiographic outcome after vertebral body tethering of the lumbar spine.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2023Article
- The different applications of Vertebral Body Tethering - Narrative review and clinical experience.Journal of orthopaedics · 2023Article
- Vertebral Body Tethering in AIS Management-A Preliminary Report.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionWhile the effects of VBT on coronal parameters have been investigated in various studies, this has not yet been the case for sagittal parameters. This is of particular relevance considering that VBT does not allow direct correction of the sagittal profile. Thus, we investigated the effects of VBT on sagittal parameters in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. MATERIALS AND
methodsRetrospective, 2-Center study. Patients who underwent VBT and presented a 2-years follow-up were included. The differences in sagittal parameters were evaluated, along with modifications of sagittal profile following Abelin-Genevois' classification.
resultsData from 86 patients were obtained. Mean Cobb angle was 52.4 ± 13.9° at thoracic level and 47.6 ± 14.3° at lumbar level before surgery, and 28.5 ± 13.6 and 26.6 ± 12.7° at the 2-year follow-up, respectively. Mean thoracic kyphosis increased from 28.3 ± 13.8 to 33 ± 13°, the lumbar lordosis (LL) was unvaried (from 47.5 ± 13.1 to 48.4 ± 13.5°), PT decreased from 9.4 ± 8.5 to 7.4 ± 6.1°, the sagittal vertical axis SVA decreased from 4.5 ± 31.4 to - 3.6 ± 27.9 mm. No kyphotic effect on LL in patients who underwent lumbar instrumentation was observed. Before surgery, 39 patients had a type 1 sagittal profile, 18 were type 2a, 14 type 2b and 15 type 3. Postoperatively, 54 were type 1, 8 were 2a, 13 were 2b and 11 were type 3.
conclusionsVBT positively influences sagittal parameters and does not have a kyphotic effect on LL.
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