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Research Summaries

Use this resource to find and share all the latest research in early onset scoliosis performed by members of the Pediatric Spine Study Group. Our research is peer-reviewed, presented at worldwide conferences, and disseminated in scientific journals and is available for you in summary-form.

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Title: An initial effort to define an early onset scoliosis “graduate”—The Pediatric Spine Study Group experience

Authors: Christina K. Hardesty, Robert F. Murphy, Jef B. Pawelek, Michael P. Glotzbecker, Pooria Hosseini, Charles E. Johnston, John Means, Behrooz A. Akbarnia, The Pediatric Spine Study Group

Date: November 30, 2020

Title: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Pulmonary Function, Radiographic Measures And Quality of Life in Children with Congenital Scoliosis: An Evaluation of Patient Outcomes After Early Spinal Fusion

Authors: Vitale MG, Matsumoto H, Bye MR, Gomez JA, Booker WA, Hyman JE, Roye DP

Date: May 01, 2008

Title: A report of two conservative approaches to early onset scoliosis: serial casting and bracing

Authors: Ying Li, Jennylee Swallow, Joel Gagnier, George H. Thompson, Peter F. Sturm, John B. Means, Paul D. Sponseller, Michael P. Glotzbecker, Pediatric Spine Study Group

Date: September 28, 2022

Title: A New Classification System to Report Complications in Growing Spine Surgery: A Multicenter Consensus Study.

Authors: Smith JT, Johnston C, Skaggs D, Flynn J, Vitale M.

Date: December 01, 2015

Title: A Multicenter Study of the Epidemiology of Deep Surgical Site Infections in Children With Nonidiopathic Early-Onset Scoliosis Including Associated Pathogens

Authors: Anas A. Minkara, BHS, Hiroko Matsumoto, MA, Michael Glotzbecker, MD,Amer Samdani, MD, John Flynn, MD, Michael G. Vitale, MD, MPH,Lisa Saiman, MD, MPH, Childrens Spine Study Group

Date: July 01, 2019

Title: A Multicenter Study of Deep Surgical Site Infections in Nonidiopathic Scoliosis and Associated Pathogens

Authors: Mackenzie WG, Matsumoto H, Williams BA, Corona J, Lee C, Cody SR, Covington L, Saiman L, Flynn JM, Skaggs DL, Roye DP Jr, Vitale MG

Date: May 01, 2013

Title: A multicenter retrospective cohort analysis of infection characteristics and rates with VEPTR surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis

Authors: Garg S, Cyr M, Glotzbecker M, Carry P, Smith JT, Sawyer J, Pahys J, Luhmann S, Flynn J, El-Hawary R, Vitale MG, St. Hilaire T, The Children’s Spine Study Group

Date: November 01, 2014

Title: A classification of growth friendly spine implants.

Authors: Skaggs DL, Akbarnia BA, Flynn JM, Myung KS, Sponseller PD, Vitale MG; Chest Wall and Spine Deformity Study Group; Growing Spine Study Group; Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America; Scoliosis Research Society Growing Spine Study Committee

Date: May 01, 2014

Title: "Growth friendly" spine surgery: management options for the young child with scoliosis.

Authors: Gomez JA, Lee JK, Kim PD, Roye DP, Vitale MG

Date: December 01, 2011

Title: An unusual case of congenital scoliosis in a patient with Down syndrome.

Authors: Ranade AS, Ahmed I, Williams RA, Samdani AF

Date: November 01, 2009

Title: Growth-Friendly Spine Surgery in Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC)

Authors: Bram P. Verhofste, MD, John B. Emans, MD, Patricia E. Miller, MS, Craig M. Birch, MD, George H. Thompson, MD, Amer F. Samdani, MD, Francisco J. Sanchez Perez-Grueso, MD, Anna M. McClung, BSN, Michael P. Glotzbecker, MD, Pediatric Spine Study Group

Date: January 20, 2021

Title: Impact of Growth Friendly Interventions on Spine and Pulmonary Outcomes of Patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Authors: Ishaan Swarup, Elle M. MacAlpine, Oscar H. Mayer, Robert K. Lark, John T. Smith, Michael G. Vitale, John M. Flynn, Jason B. Anari, Pediatric Spine Study Group, Patrick J. Cahill

Date: August 01, 2020

Title: Spinal Deformity in Sotos Syndrome: First Results of Growth-friendly Spine Surgery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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