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Treatment of complex congenital scoliosis with growth friendly instrumentation led to only modest correction of major curves, residual imbalance, minimal gain in spine and thoracic height and a high incidence of complications. It is unknown whether this treatment improves upon the natural history or early fusion.
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Author disclosures: Naveed Nabizadeh: none. Burt Yaszay: Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America; 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. Anna McClung: none. David Skaggs: Growing Spine Foundation; Growing Spine Study Group; Scoliosis Research Society, Journal of Childrens Orthopaedics; Spine Deformity; Biomet; Orthobullets; Grand Rounds; Medtronic; Zipline Medical, Inc; Grand Rounds; Zimmer Biomet; Greensunmedical; Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation: Scientific Forum Grant/Spine Care; Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America & Scoliosis Research Society; Ellipse; Wolters Kluwer Health-Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; Medtronic & Biomet; Biomet Spine; Johnson and Johnson. George Thompson: Growing Spine Study Group; Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics; Shriner’s Hospital for Children Medical Advisory Board; Societe Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopedique et de Traumatologie; SpineForm; Medtronics; nuSpine Medical Technologies; OrthoPediatrics; Shriner’s Hospital for Children; Stryker; Wolters Kluwer Health — Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; JBT Medical Technologies. Oheneba Boachie-Adjei: K2M. 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. 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; Ethicon; Arthrex, Inc; Globus Medical. James O. Sanders: Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America; Scoliosis Research Society; Abbot; Abbvie; GE Healthcare. Jeff Pawelek: San Diego Spine Foundation; Growing Spine Foundation; Nuvasive. Gregory Mundis: K2M, Medicrea; Misonix; Nuvasive; ISSG Foundation. Behrooz Akbarnia: Nuvasive; Depuy Synthes; K2M; Nocimed; Springer. Growing Spine Study Group: Growing Spine Foundation Research Grant; Nuvasive Research Grant.
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Nabizadeh, N., Yaszay, B., McClung, A. et al. Paper #36: Multi-level Congenital Deformities in Early Onset Scoliosis: Radiographic and Clinical Outcomes in Growth Friendly Graduates. Spine Deform 5, 458 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspd.2017.09.039
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspd.2017.09.039