ArticleInternational journal of spine surgery2023
Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering for Scoliosis Patients With and Without Skeletal Growth Remaining: A Retrospective Review With Minimum 2-Year Follow-Up.
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- Who are the best candidates? Factors predicting success and failure of vertebral body tethering.Spine deformity · 2026Article
- Preoperative Fulcrum Flexibility >80% Is Associated With Clinical Success in Vertebral Body Tethering.Global spine journal · 2026Article
- Patient-specific biomechanical modeling of intraoperative scoliosis correction on the 2-year outcomes for thoracolumbar/lumbar vertebral body tethering.Spine deformity · 2026Article
- Outcomes after vertebral body tethering for Lenke type 5 scoliosis continue to improve: analysis of different surgical techniques.Spine deformity · 2025Article
- Growth modulation increases clinical success in vertebral body tethering.Spine deformity · 2025Article
- The Effects of Vertebral Body Tethering on the Intervertebral Discs and Facet Joints: A Numerical Analysis.International journal for numerical methods in biomedical engineering · 2025Article
- Associations of overweight status with spinal curve correction and complications in patients undergoing vertebral body tethering: a multicenter retrospective review.Spine deformity · 2025Article
- Vertebral Body Tethering in an Adult With Lumbar Idiopathic Scoliosis: Rationale and 6-Year Outcomes.JBJS case connector · 2025Article
- Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering (AVBT) in the Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Retrospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Posterior Vertebral Body Tethering: A Preliminary Study of a New Technique to Correct Lenke 5C Lumbar Curves in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- 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
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Abstract
backgroundAnterior vertebral body tethering (AVBT) has been approved for skeletally immature (IM) adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients, but the role of AVBT in patients with minimal remaining skeletal growth is controversial. The purpose of this study was to compare minimum 2-year (YR2) outcomes in skeletally IM patients vs those with minimal remaining skeletal growth.
methodsPatients with single thoracic AVBT were grouped by their preoperative (PR) skeletal maturity: IM (
resultsThe PR age was 12.5 (9-16) vs 15 (12-18) years with major Cobb 51° (36°-69°) and 49° (40°-69°) for IM and M, respectively. At FE, there was no difference in correction; however, at YR2, the IM group yielded a lower residual curve (15° [-16° to 38°] vs 29° [12°-42°],
conclusionsSkeletally IM patients benefit from greater growth-modulated curve correction than M patients, however, at the increased risk of overcorrection. M patients maintained clinically significant correction at latest follow-up. Longer-term follow-up is required to determine durability of outcomes for patients undergoing AVBT who have minimal remaining growth at the time of index surgery. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: This study is relevant to spine surgeons, spine physiotherapists, and patients with idiopathic scoliosis. It offers evidence of clinical correction of scoliosis in mature patients. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 3:
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