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ReviewEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2023

Scoliosis in osteogenesis imperfecta: results of posterior spinal fusion in 39 patients.

Oded Rabau, Ahmad Essa, Yossi Smorgick, Yoram Anekstein, Kumar Abhishek, Neil Saran, Jean Ouellet

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Review 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, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Posterior spinal fusion with pedicle screw-based constructs in osteogenesis imperfecta: a systematic review of surgical and radiographic 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 · 2026
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  4. Orthopedic Surgery in Osteogenesis Imperfecta in Adults.Calcified tissue international · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Oded RabauMcGill Scoliosis & Spine Centre, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada.
Ahmad EssaSpine Unit, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shamir (Assaf Harofeh) Medical Center, POB 2007, 48810, Kfar-Qassim, Zerifin, Israel. Tawohemiz@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-6309-5639
Yossi SmorgickSpine Unit, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shamir (Assaf Harofeh) Medical Center, POB 2007, 48810, Kfar-Qassim, Zerifin, Israel.
Yoram AneksteinSpine Unit, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shamir (Assaf Harofeh) Medical Center, POB 2007, 48810, Kfar-Qassim, Zerifin, Israel.
Kumar AbhishekDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Neil SaranMcGill Scoliosis & Spine Centre, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada.
Jean OuelletMcGill Scoliosis & Spine Centre, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada.
Tel Aviv University · ILMcGill University Health Centre · CALouisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the outcomes of scoliosis corrective surgery in Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) patients with primarily pedicles screw fixation in terms of correcting and maintaining the correction of the spinal deformity, and to assess for several peri-operative parameters and complications associated with this surgical treatment.

methodsRetrospective case series of 39 consecutive patients with OI treated surgically for scoliosis. The surgeries were performed between 2002 and 2020 by three different surgeons. All patients' medical peri-operative and post-operative charts were evaluated. Radiological assessment was performed by evaluation of the pre-operative, immediate post-operative and last follow-up plain radiographs.

resultsThere were 20 females and 19 males included in this review with a mean age of 14 years (range, 6-20 years) at the time of surgery. The median follow-up time was 7.9 years. The mean pre-operative cobb angle (CA) of the major curve was 76.5 degrees (SD ± 18.9), decreasing to 42.6 (SD ± 17.4) in the long-term post-operative follow-up (P < 0.001). A total of 21 adverse events in 16 patients were noted. Only 4 patients required subsequent invasive surgical treatment or prolonged hospital stay. All other patients were treated conservatively with no lasting complication.

conclusionScoliosis surgical correction in OI patients seems to yield acceptable results, with maintained coronal plane surgical correction in the long-term follow-up. Even though a high peri-operative complications rate is observed in this series, there were no long-term sequelae or lasting complications. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV, Case series.

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Osteogenesis ImperfectaScoliosisSpinal FusionAdolescentFemaleHumansMaleRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeLong-term resultsOsteogenesis imperfectaPosterior spinal fusionScoliosisScoliotic deformity

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PMID36740607
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