ArticleEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2025
Adjacent intervertebral disc preservation or not during hemivertebra resection in the treatment of congenital scoliosis: a minimum of 5-year 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, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- One-stage posterior-only radical hemivertebra resection and short-segment fusion for congenital cervicothoracic scoliosis: a cohort study.BMC surgery · 2026Article
- Congenital Scoliosis: A Comprehensive Review of Diagnosis, Management, and Surgical Decision-Making in Pediatric Spinal Deformity-An Expanded Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Two-level versus multi-level fusion in posterior hemivertebra resection for congenital early-onset scoliosis: a 10-year comparative analysis of clinical outcomes and complication rates.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate and compare whether removing the intervertebral disc (IVD) adjacent to the hemivertebra (HV) affects the therapeutic outcome of hemivertebra resection in pediatric patients.
methodsPediatric patients who were diagnosed with single fully segmented or semi-segmented hemivertebra from 2011 to 2018 were included. Patients were grouped based on whether removal of IVD(s) adjacent to HV. Radiographic parameters were evaluated. Operative results were evaluated based on the correction rate after surgery and at the last follow-up. Demographic and surgical data together with perioperative complications were also analyzed.
resultsTotal 42 patients were included in our study, including 25 patients in the IVD preservation group (group P) and 17 patients in the IVD removal group (group R). Two groups showed similar results in terms of baseline demographics and operational data other than the estimated blood loss (EBL). The IVD preservation group presented with significantly more EBL. Both two groups showed significant postoperative scoliosis correction. However, no significant difference was found between the two groups in terms of coronal balance and radiographic parameters in the sagittal plane (segmental kyphosis, sagittal vertical axis) or overall complication rate.
conclusionsPreservation of IVD during the procedure was associated with less blood loss. However, IVD preservation procedures did not show more scoliosis recurrence or deteriorating long-term scoliosis correction outcomes. Thus, removal of HV adjacent IVD for the sake of long-term scoliosis correction outcome at the expense of increasing blood loss is doubtful and deserves further study in pediatric congenital scoliosis caused by hemivertebra.
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