Growth-friendly spinal surgery: Review of the effect on truncal growth

ABSTRACT: Background: Pediatric spinal deformity surgery affects ultimate spinal height in the growing child. This effect on ultimate spinal height has also been shown to affect pulmonary development and ultimately pulmonary function. There has been an increasing trend toward growth-friendly spinal...

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Main Authors: Dalton J. Ennis, BS, Dustin K. Baker, MD, Howard M. Place, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
Series:North American Spine Society Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666548424002567
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