ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022
Vertebral Body Tethering in 49 Adolescent Patients after Peak Height Velocity for the Treatment of Idiopathic Scoliosis: 2-5 Year Follow-Up.
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- Analysis of tether breakages during revision after failed thoracolumbar double-row vertebral body tethering.Spine deformity · 2026Article
- Improved outcomes after anterior vertebral tethering for AIS using ideal versus acceptable indications.Spine deformity · 2026Article
- Does skeletal maturity influence vertebral body tethering outcomes? evaluating the role of risser and sanders stages.Spine deformity · 2026Article
- Growth modulation increases clinical success in vertebral body tethering.Spine deformity · 2025Article
- Vertebral Body Tethering in an Adult With Lumbar Idiopathic Scoliosis: Rationale and 6-Year Outcomes.JBJS case connector · 2025Article
- A multibody simulation of the spine for objectification of biomechanical quantities after VBT: a proof of concept and description of baseline data.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
- Vertebral Body Tethering for Thoracolumbar Curvatures in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Radiographic and Clinical Outcomes at 2-6-Year Follow-Up.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Anterior vertebral tethering for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: our initial ten year clinical experience.Spine deformity · 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 Risk and Benefits of Various Innovations in Fusion and Fusionless Surgery for AIS.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- The different applications of Vertebral Body Tethering - Narrative review and clinical experience.Journal of orthopaedics · 2023Article
- Vertebral body tethering: An alternative to posterior spinal fusion in idiopathic scoliosis?Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Outcomes of Vertebral Body Tethering in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Prospective, Multicenter Study.JB & JS open accessArticle
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Abstract
Vertebral Body Tethering (VBT) is a non-fusion surgical treatment for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) that elicits correction via growth modulation in skeletally immature patients. VBT after peak height velocity is controversial and is the subject of this study. A retrospective review of Risser 3−5 AIS patients treated with VBT, and min. 2-year FU was performed. Pre to post-op changes in clinical outcomes were compared using Student’s t-test or the Mann-Whitney test. A total of 49 patients met criteria, age 15.0 ± 1.9 years, FU 32.5 ± 9.1 months. For thoracic (T) major curvatures, T curvature improved from 51.1 ± 6.9° to 27.2° ± 8.1° (p < 0.01) and TL from 37.2° ± 10.7° to 19.2° ± 6.8° (p < 0.01). For thoracolumbar (TL) major curvatures, T improved from 37.2° ± 10.7° to 18.8° ± 9.4° (p < 0.01) and TL from 49.0° ± 6.4° to 20.1° ± 8.5° (p < 0.01). Major curve inclinometer measurements and SRS-22 domains, except activity, improved significantly (p ≤ 0.05). At the latest FU, one (2%) patient required fusion of the T curve and revision of the TL tether due to curve progression in the previously uninstrumented T curve and tether breakage (TB) in the TL. Twenty (41%) patients experienced TB. VBT in AIS patients with limited remaining skeletal growth resulted in satisfactory clinical outcomes at the latest FU.
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