Background: The lack of a reliable, universally acceptable system for classification of
adolescent idiopathic scoliosis has made comparisons between various types of operative …

Study Design. This was a prospective study of two cohort groups of patients (one group receiving
anterior instrumentation and the other posterior instrumentation) receiving treatment for …

A retrospective review of 94 patients who had undergone anterior cervical discectomy and
fusion was performed to analyze the result in patients who had a diagnosis of posterolateral …

Study Design. Retrospective review. Objective. To compare the incidence of and risk factors
for proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) following …

The system described by King et al. is the standard method for the classification of thoracic
adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Although it is widely used and referenced, its reliability and …

Study Design. Retrospective review of anterior and posterior fusions for treatment of adolescent
idiopathic thoracic scoliosis. Objectives. To evaluate both the instrumented thoracic and …

Study Design. For this retrospective study, preoperative and postoperative radiographs of
posterior spinal fusions for idiopathic scoliosis were reviewed. Objectives. To determine the …

Study Design. Retrospective review. Objectives. To report the feasibility, safety, and utility of
vertebral body stapling without fusion as an alternative treatment for adolescent idiopathic …

Study Design. A multicenter study of the outcomes of the surgical treatment of adolescent
idiopathic scoliosis using the Scoliosis Research Society Questionnaire (SRS 24). Objective. …

Study Design. Retrospective case review of skeletally immature patients treated with growing
rods. Patients received an average of 9.6 years follow-up care. Objective. (1) to identify the …