Paper #29: Does the Type of Proximal Anchor Used During Distraction-Based Surgeries for Patients With Non-Idiopathic EOS Affect Spine Length?

ElBromboly, Yehia; Johnston, Charles; McClung, Anna; Samdani, Amer; Glotzbecker, Michael; St Hilaire, Tricia; Hurry, Jennifer; Kedar, Padhye et al. · Spine Deform · 2017

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

At minimum 5 yr f/u, distraction-based surgeries (Spine-based (SB)&Rib-based (RB)) are an effective way to increase spine length for non-idiopathic EOS. Spine length is greater for spine based implants pre-operatively and this length is maintained to the 15th lengthening; however, if normalized to pre-op spine length, rib-based implants achieved greater percentage of increase in spine length beyond the 10th lengthening surgeries.