Final Fusion After Growing-Rod Treatment for Early Onset Scoliosis: Is It Really Final?

Conclusions:
A higher-than-anticipated percentage of patients treated with growing rods required unplanned reoperation following final fusion. Long-term follow-up after final fusion is necessary to determine true final results. Patients and parents need to be counseled regarding the possibility of further surgery after final fusion.

Level of Evidence:
Therapeutic Level IV. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

Source: JBJS - November 15, 2016 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Poe-Kochert, C., Shannon, C., Pawelek, J. B., Thompson, G. H., Hardesty, C. K., Marks, D. S., Akbarnia, B. A., McCarthy, R. E., Emans, J. B. Tags: Pediatrics, Spine Scientific Articles Source Type: research