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A consecutive series of infantile idiopathic scoliosis patients with a minimum 5 years follow up were retrospectively reviewed to study the pattern and velocity of spine growth. We found that the initial growth spurt of the spine in early onset idiopathic scoliosis is in the first three years of life. The growth velocity of the lumbar vertebra was greater than the middle thoracic which was greater than the upper thoracic vertebra during first 3 years of age.
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Author disclosures: Hong Zhang: Globus Medical; People’s Medical Publishing House. Daniel Sucato: Globus Medical.
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Zhang, H., Sucato, D. Paper #39: Growth of the Spine in Early Onset Idiopathic Scoliosis. Spine Deform 4, 464 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspd.2016.09.044
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspd.2016.09.044