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EOS treated with VCR were predominantly congenital or myelomeningocele with 84% performed at index surgery and 70% definitive fusion. Correction of major curve was 69% and increases in spinal and thoracic height. Complication rate was 33% with 57% being IONM/neuro related.
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Author disclosures: Anna McClung: none. Gregory Mundis: K2M, Medicrea; Misonix; Nuvasive; ISSG Foundation. Jeff Pawelek: San Diego Spine Foundation; Growing Spine Foundation; Nuvasive. Nima Kabirian: none. Sumeet Garg: Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America; Orthopedics Journal of Childrens Orthopedics; US News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals Orthopedics Working Group; Medtronic; Decision Support in Medicine. Burt Yaszay: Orthopedics Journal of Childrens Orthopedics; Spine Deformity Journal; Scoliosis Research Society; Globus Medical; K2M; Nuvasive; Harms Study Group; Research grant to institution from Setting Scoliosis Straight Foundation; Orthopediatrics; Depuy Synthes; Globus Medical; Stryker; DePuy, A Johnson & Johnson Company. Oheneba Boachie-Adjei: Scoliosis Research Society; Depuy Synthes; K2M; Trans1; Medtronic. James O. Sanders: Orthopedics Journal of Childrens Orthopedics; Scoliosis Research Society; Abbot; Abbvie; GE Healthcare. Paul Sponseller: Oakstone Medical; Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery; Scoliosis Research Society; Depuy Synthes; DePuy Synthes Spine; DePuy, A Johnson & Johnson Company; Globus Medical; Globus; Globus Medical. Francisco Javier Sánchez Pérez-Grueso: K2M. William Lavelle: SAS; Depuy, A Johnson & Johnson Company; Medtronic; Vertebral Technologies, Inc.; IntegraLife; K2M, Inc; Providence Technologies; Sigmus, Inc; Spinal Kinetics; Stryker. John Emans: Journal of Children’s Orthopedics; Medtronic; Medtronic Sofamor Danek; Depuy Synthes; Synthes. Charles Johnston: Orthopedics Journal of Childrens Orthopedics; Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America; Scoliosis Research Society; Medtronic Sofamor Danek; Saunders/Mosby-Elsevier. Behrooz Akbarnia: Nuvasive; Depuy Synthes; K2M; Nocimed; Springer. Children’s Spine Study Group: DePuy Synthes Research Grant. Growing Spine Study Group: Growing Spine Foundation Research Grant Nuvasive Research Grant.
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McClung, A., Mundis, G., Pawelek, J. et al. Paper #20: Vertebral Column Resection for Early-Onset Scoliosis: Indications, Utilization and Outcomes. Spine Deform 5, 449–450 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspd.2017.09.023
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspd.2017.09.023