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VEPTR has been developed for the treatment of thoracic insufficiency syndrome in cases of congenital scoliosis with or without rib fusions but quickly evolved as an alternative for the treatment of many types of early onset scoliosis. The efficacy of VEPTR instrumentation in controlling complex congenital spine deformities, the relative ease of application, and the spine-sparing approach have been factors to stimulate this conversion. VEPTR in non-congenital cases has been shown to be effective in correcting loss of balance and pelvic obliquity, control scoliosis, and moderately improve it. However, it requires periodic lengthening and thus has a high complications rate, and usually after a certain time lengthenings become less effective. VEPTR instrumentation remains a viable alternative to other methods of management of early onset scoliosis.
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Hefti, F., Mehrkens, A., Hasler, CC. (2011). VEPTR Instrumentation in Early Onset Scoliosis. In: Yazici, M. (eds) Non-Idiopathic Spine Deformities in Young Children. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19417-7_14
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