Paper #20: Vertebral Column Resection for Early-Onset Scoliosis: Indications, Utilization and Outcomes.

McClung, Anna; Mundis, Gregory; Pawelek, Jeff; Kabirian, Nima; Garg, Sumeet; Yaszay, Burt; Boachie-Adjei, Oheneba; Sanders, James O et al. · Spine Deform · 2017

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Abstract

EOS treated with VCR were predominantly congenital or myelomeningocele with 84% performed at index surgery and 70% definitive fusion. Correction of major curve was 69% and increases in spinal and thoracic height. Complication rate was 33% with 57% being IONM/neuro related.