ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2022
Vertebral Body Tethering: Indications, Surgical Technique, and a Systematic Review of Published Results.
Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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49 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Posterior spinal fusion versus vertebral body tethering for paediatric scoliosis: a meta-analysis of comparative studies.Spine deformity · 2025Pooled it
- Segmental range-of-motion by vertebral level in fused and unfused patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a systematic review of the literature.Spine deformity · 2025Pooled it
- Vertebral body tethering for idiopathic scoliosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Spine deformity · 2023Pooled it
- Clinical outcomes and complications of the posterior dynamic distraction device in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.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 · 2026Review
- Analysis of tether breakages during revision after failed thoracolumbar double-row vertebral body tethering.Spine deformity · 2026Article
- Functional, Radiographic, and Patient-Reported Outcomes of Hybrid Fixation Versus Posterior Long Fusion for Double-Major Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Improved outcomes after anterior vertebral tethering for AIS using ideal versus acceptable indications.Spine deformity · 2026Article
- Lumbar vertebral body tethering: 2-year multicenter radiographic and reoperation outcomes.Spine deformity · 2026Article
- Preoperative Fulcrum Flexibility >80% Is Associated With Clinical Success in Vertebral Body Tethering.Global spine journal · 2026Article
- Does skeletal maturity influence vertebral body tethering outcomes? evaluating the role of risser and sanders stages.Spine deformity · 2026Article
- Lived Experiences of Vertebral Body Tethering: A Qualitative Study of the Patient Journey.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 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
- Vertebral Growth Modulation Through Periosteal Resection and Fixed Length Deformity Overcorrection: Computational and In Vivo Pilot Study.JOR spine · 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
- Analysis of the risk factors for tether breakage after two-row vertebral body tethering (2RVBT) in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS).Spine deformity · 2025Article
- Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering Versus Posterior Spinal Fusion in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Comparative Outcomes.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Patient education strategies in pediatric orthopaedics: using ChatGPT to answer frequently asked questions on scoliosis.Spine deformity · 2025Article
- Growth modulation increases clinical success in vertebral body tethering.Spine deformity · 2025Article
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Abstract
Vertebral body tethering (VBT) represents a new surgical technique to correct idiopathic scoliosis using an anterior approach, spinal instrumentation with vertebral body screws, and a cable compressing the convexity of the curve. According to the Hueter-Volkmann principle, compression reduces and distraction increases growth on the growth plates. VBT was designed to modulate spinal growth of vertebral bodies and hence, the term 'growth modulation' has also been used. This review describes the indications and surgical technique of VBT. Further, a systematic review of published studies was conducted to critically evaluate the results and complications of this technique. In a total of 23 included studies on 843 patients, the preoperative main thoracic curve corrected from 49 to 23 degrees in a minimum 2 year follow-up. The complication rate of VBT was 18%. The results showed that 15% of VBT patients required reoperations for pulmonary or tether-related issues (10%) and less than 5% required conversion to spinal fusion. While the reported median-term results of VBT appear promising, long-term results of this technique are currently lacking.
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