Aims. The prevalence of
Aims. The outcome following the development of neurological complications after corrective surgery for
Aims. The aim of this study was to compare outcomes after growth-friendly treatment for early-onset
Aims. It is uncertain whether instrumented spinal fixation in nonambulatory children with neuromuscular
In order to determine the epidemiology of adult
Aims. The aim of this study was a quantitative analysis of a surgeon’s
learning curve for
Aims. The aim of this study was to compare the clinical and radiological outcomes of patients with early-onset
The MAGnetic Expansion Control (MAGEC) system
is used increasingly in the management of early-onset
Aims. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the performance
and safety of magnetically controlled growth rods in the treatment
of early onset
Aims. To report the mid-term results of a modified self-growing rod (SGR) technique for the treatment of idiopathic and neuromuscular early-onset
Aims. We undertook a prospective non-randomised radiological study
to evaluate the preliminary results of using magnetically-controlled
growing rods (MAGEC System, Ellipse technology) to treat children
with early-onset
We report the incidence of and risk factors for
complications after
This prospective study of 136 children with progressive infantile
Clinical, radiological, and Scoliosis Research
Society-22 questionnaire data were reviewed pre-operatively and
two years post-operatively for patients with thoracolumbar/lumbar
adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treated by posterior spinal fusion
using a unilateral convex segmental pedicle screw technique. A total
of 72 patients were included (67 female, 5 male; mean age at surgery
16.7 years (13 to 23)) and divided into groups: group 1 included
53 patients who underwent fusion between the vertebrae at the limit
of the curve (proximal and distal end vertebrae); group 2 included
19 patients who underwent extension of the fusion distally beyond
the caudal end vertebra. A mean
Aims. The aim of this study was to compare the surgical and quality-of-life outcomes of children with skeletal dysplasia to those in children with idiopathic early-onset
Aims. To investigate metallosis in patients with magnetically controlled growing rods (MCGRs) and characterize the metal particle profile of the tissues surrounding the rod. Methods. This was a prospective observational study of patients with early onset
Aims. There is a paucity of information on the pre-operative coronal
imbalance in patients with degenerative lumbar
Conventional growing rods are the most commonly
used distraction-based devices in the treatment of progressive early-onset
scoliosis. This technique requires repeated lengthenings with the
patient anaesthetised in the operating theatre. We describe the
outcomes and complications of using a non-invasive magnetically
controlled growing rod (MCGR) in children with early-onset
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the
long-term outcome of adults with spina bifida cystica (SBC) who
had been treated either operatively or non-operatively for scoliosis
during childhood. We reviewed 45 patients with a SBC
Aims. The aim of this study was to compare the outcomes of surgery
using growing rods in patients with severe versus moderate
early-onset