Title: The Effect of Surgeon Experience on Outcomes Following Growth Friendly Instrumentation for Early Onset Scoliosis
Authors: Michael Heffernan, Manaf Younis, Michael Glotzbecker, Sumeet Garg, Claudia Leonardi, Selina Poon, Jaysson Brooks, Peter Sturm, Paul Sponseller, Michael Vitale, John Emans, Pediatric Spine Study Group (PSSG), Benjamin Roye
Date: February 01, 2022
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Title: Posterior-only Resection of Single Hemivertebrae With 2-Level Versus >2-Level Fusion: Can We Improve Outcomes?
Authors: Jaime A. Gomez, David H. Ge, Emma Boden, Regina Hanstein, Leila Mehraban Alvandi, Yungtai Lo, Steven Hwang, Amer F. Samdani, Paul D. Sponseller, Sumeet Garg, David L. Skaggs, Michael G. Vitale, John Emans, Pediatric Spine Study Group
Date: January 01, 2022
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Title: Mortality in Early-Onset Scoliosis During the Growth-friendly Surgery Era
Authors: Ryan Guzek, Robert Murphy, Christina Hardesty, John Emans, Sumeet Garg, John T. Smith, Benjamin Roye, Michael Glotzbecker, Peter Sturm, Brian Snyder, Selina Poon, Connie Poe-Kochert, Pediatric Spine Study Group, Jason Anari
Date: March 01, 2022
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Title: Growth-friendly surgery results in more growth but a higher complication rate and unplanned returns to the operating room compared to single fusion in neuromuscular early-onset scoliosis: a multicenter retrospective cohort study
Authors: Ying Li, Jennylee Swallow, Joel Gagnier, Patrick J. Cahill, Paul D. Sponseller, Sumeet Garg, George H. Thompson, Brandon A. Ramo, Pediatric Spine Study Group
Date: December 08, 2020
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Title: Looking Under the Hood: Factors that Drive Successful Study Group Participation and Publications in Pediatric Spine Programs
Authors: Sonya Levine; Bradley Hammoor, Abby Morris, Sushrut Arora, Afrain Boby, Hiroko Matsumoto, Michael Fields, Adam Fano, Matthew Oetgen, Tricia St. Hilaire, Michael Vitale, David Skaggs, Pediatric Spine Study Group
Date: February 01, 2022
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Title: Uncorrected Pelvic Obliquity Is Associated with Worse Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in Children and Their Caregivers at the End of Surgical Treatment for Early Onset Scoliosis (EOS
Authors: Hiroko Matsumoto, Adam N. Fano, Jacob Ball, Benjamin D. Roye, Ameeka George, Sumeet Garg, Mark Erickson, Amer Samdani, David Skaggs, David P. Roye, Michael G. Vitale, Pediatric Spine Study Group
Date: April 01, 2022
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Title: Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome
Authors: N Ramírez, A Devaris , S Arroyo, R L Restrepo, A Cuneo, C A Fernández, P Marrero-Ortiz
Date: August 01, 2020
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Title: The Effect of Spinopelvic Parameters on the Development of Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in Early Onset: Mean 4.5-Year Follow-up Publication
Authors: Jaime A. Gomez, Ozren Kubat, Mayra A. Tovar Castro, Regina Hanstein, Tara Flynn, Virginie Lafage, Jennifer K. Hurry, Alexandra Soroceanu, Frank Schwab, David L. Skaggs, Ron El-Hawary, MD, and Pediatric Spine Study Group (PSSG)
Date: July 01, 2020
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Title: The Association Between the Utilization of Traction and Postoperative Complications Following Growing Rod Instrumentation for Early-onset Scoliosis
Authors: Benjamin D. Roye, MD, MPH, Michael W. Fields, BS, Hiroko Matsumoto, PhD, Paul Sponseller, MD, Francisco J.S. Pérez-Grueso, MD, Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, MD, Kim Hammerberg, MD, Michelle C. Welborn, MD, and Michael G. Vitale, MD, MPH; Pediatric Spine Study Group
Date: October 01, 2020
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Title: Spinal Deformity in Sotos Syndrome: First Results of Growth-friendly Spine Surgery Publication Summary
Authors: Bram P. Verhofste, MD, Michael P. Glotzbecker, MD, David S. Marks, MD, Craig M. Birch, MD, Anna M. McClung, BSN, RN, Pediatric Spine Study Group, John B. Emans, MD
Date: October 01, 2020
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Title: Treatment of Idiopathic Scoliosis With Vertebral Body Stapling
Authors: Evan Trupia 1, Anny C Hsu 2, John D Mueller 3, Hiroko Matsumoto 2, Lawrence Bodenstein 4, Michael Vitale 2
Date: September 01, 2019
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Title: Serial Casting in Neuromuscular and Syndromic Early Onset Scoliosis (EOS) Can Delay Surgery Over 2 Years
Authors: Scott LaValva, Alexander Adams, Elle MacAlpine, Purnendu Gupta, Kim Hammerberg, George H. Thompson, Peter Sturm, Sumeet Garg, Jason Anari, Paul Sponseller, John Flynn, Pediatric Spine Study Group, Patrick J. Cahill
Date: September 01, 2020
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Title: Growth guidance constructs with apical fusion and sliding pedicle screws (SHILLA) results in approximately 1/3rd of normal T1–S1 growth
Authors: Alexander Nazareth, David L. Skaggs, Kenneth D. Illingworth, Stefan Parent, Suken A. Shah, James O. Sanders, Lindsay M. Andras, Growing Spine Study Group
Date: February 24, 2020
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Title: Superior Extension of Upper Instrumented Vertebrae in Distraction-based Surgery: A Surrogate for Clinically Significant Proximal Junctional Kyphosis
Authors: Nadim Joukhadar, MD, Ozren Kubat, MD, John Heflin, MD, Mohamad S. Yasin, MD, Anna McClung, RN, Tara Flynn, BS, Megan Sheppard, BSc, MScg, David Skaggs, MD Ron El-Hawary, MD
Date: July 01, 2019
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Title: The Effect of Expansion Thoracostomy on Spine Growth in Patients with Spinal Deformity and Fused Ribs Treated with Rib-Based Growing Constructs.
Authors: Baky FJ, Larson AN, St Hilaire T, Pawelek J, Skaggs DL, Emans JB, Pahys JM; Childrens Spine Study Group; Growing Spine Study Group.
Date: September 01, 2019
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Title: Bigger is Better: Larger thoracic height is associated with increased health related quality of life at skeletal maturity
Authors: Benjamin D. Roye, Matthew E. Simhon, Hiroko Matsumoto, Sumeet Garg, Gregory Redding, Amer Samdani, John T. Smith, Paul Sponseller, Michael G. Vitale, Children’s Spine Study Group, Growing Spine Study Group
Date: March 11, 2020
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Title: Effect of Etiology, Radiographic Severity, and Comorbidities on Baseline Parent-Reported Health Measures for Children with Early-Onset Scoliosis
Authors: Brandon A. Ramo, Anna McClung, Chan-Hee Jo, James O. Sanders, Burt Yaszay, and Matthew E. Oetgen, Pediatric Spine Study Group
Date: March 18, 2020
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Title: Distraction-based surgeries increase thoracic sagittal spine length after ten lengthening surgeries for patients with idiopathic early-onset scoliosis
Authors: Ron El-Hawary, Chukwudi K. Chukwunyerenwa, Luke E. Gauthier, Alan J. Spurway, Tricia St. Hilaire, Anna M. McClung, Yehia El-Bromboly, Charles E. Johnston, Children’s Spine Study Group
Date: February 01, 2020
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Title: Five or more proximal anchors and including upper end vertebra (UEV) protects against reoperation in distraction-based growing rods
Authors: Liam Harris, Lindsay M. Andras, Gregory M. Mundis, Paul D. Sponseller, John B. Means, Growing Spine Study Group, David L. Skaggs
Date: March 03, 2020
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Title: Proximal anchor fixation in magnetically controlled growing rods (MCGR): preliminary 2-year results of the impact of anchor location and density
Authors: Blake C. Meza, Suken A. Shah, Michael G. Vitale, Peter F. Sturm, Scott J. Luhmann, Pediatric Spine Study Group, Jason B. Anari
Date: March 18, 2020
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