Background: Simple bone cysts are common benign lesions in growing children that
predispose them to fracture and are sometimes painful. The purpose of this trial was to compare …

Study Design. A cross-sectional evaluation of patients after surgery for adolescent idiopathic
scoliosis (AIS). Objectives. To determine the agreement between patients’ and parents’ …

Study Design. A prospective cross-sectional design was used to evaluate the Scoliosis
Quality of Life Index (SQLI). SQLI is a 22-item self-reporting health-related quality-of-life …

Subjects worked on an identical simple motor task that was described as being either rhigh
or low in value. They worked alone or with a coactor whose performance rate was slightly …

Background Informed decision making for adolescents and families considering surgery for
scoliosis requires essential information, including expected outcomes with or without …

The purpose of this paper is to perform an evidence based review for treatment of unicameral
bone cysts. A search of MEDLINE (1966 to 2009) was conducted and the studies were …

Study Design. We used the Climent Quality of Life for Spinal Deformities Scale prospectively
in a nonrandomized prospective comparative cohort of operative versus observational …

Based on a single randomized clinical trial, steroids are the only evidence-based treatment
for SBCs. Further basic science is needed to understand the pathoetiology and to develop …

Study Design. Cross sectional survey. Objectives. To compare pediatric spine surgeons'
relative rankings of the importance of surgical considerations, and their reliability of ratings of …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether simple bone cysts (SBC) resolve
with age. Methods: Twenty four subjects with SBC who participated in a prior randomized …