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Ying Li, M.D., from C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and colleagues sought to identify indications to exclude the pelvis in children with CP scoliosis treated with growth-friendly instrumentation. A retrospective analysis included children with CP scoliosis treated with traditional growing rods, magnetically controlled growing rod system, or vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib and at least two years of follow-up.
The researchers identified 27 patients with DSA and 71 patients with DPA placed at the index surgery. Extension of the instrumentation to the pelvis (DSA-EXT) occurred in 22 percent of DSA patients, most commonly at final fusion. Compared with patients who did not require extension, DSA-EXT patients had a higher pre-index L5 tilt (10 versus 19 degrees). At the most recent follow-up, the DSA-EXT group had a lower major curve versus the DPA group (33 versus 58 degrees). Compared with those not requiring extension, the DSA-EXT group had a higher number of complications per patient (1.1 versus 2.3).
“Pre-index L5 tilt ≤10 degrees and pelvic obliquity
Several authors disclosed financial ties to the medical technology industry.
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