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Severe EOS can be treated as effectively with distraction instrumentation in comparison to less severe EOS.
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Author disclosures: Ilkka Helenius, Hanna Oksanen: none. Anna McClung: none. Jeff Pawelek: San Diego Spine Foundation; Growing Spine Foundation; Nuvasive. Muharrem Yazici: none. 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. John Emans: Journal of Children’s Orthopedics; Medtronic; Medtronic Sofamor Danek; Depuy Synthes; Synthes. Francisco Javier Sánchez Pérez-Grueso: K2M. George Thompson: Spine Form; Medtronic; Ogies; OrthoPediatrics; nuSpine Medical Technologies (son); Stryker; JBT Medical Technologie (son). Charles Johnston: Orthopedics Journal of Childrens Orthopedics; Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America; Scoliosis Research Society; Medtronic Sofamor Danek; Saunders/Mosby-Elsevier. Suken A. Shah: AAOS; Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America; Setting Scoliosis Straight Foundation; Scoliosis Research Society; Depuy Synthes; DePuy Synthes Spine; K2M; Nuvasive; Stryker; Depuy Synthes; Ethicon; Arthrex, Inc; Globus Medical. Behrooz Akbarnia: Nuvasive; Depuy Synthes; K2M; Nocimed; Nuvasive; Springer. Growing Spine Study Group: Growing Spine Foundation Research Grant; Nuvasive Research Grant.
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Helenius, I., Oksanen, H., McClung, A. et al. Paper #34: Treatment of Severe Early Onset Scoliosis using Distraction Based Spinal Instrumentation. Spine Deform 5, 456–457 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspd.2017.09.037
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspd.2017.09.037