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Posterior Spinal Instrumentation vs. Vertebral Body Tethering for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

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September 2022

Posterior Spinal Instrumentation vs. Vertebral Body Tethering for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Vol: 293| Issue: 1| Number:1| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Postoperative Pain in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Pain Physician. 2022 01-Jul;():.

Contributing Authors:
N Canbolat I Basaran D Altun T Akgul MI Buget

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Synopsis

Thirty-two patients aged 9-18 years diagnosed with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis were randomized to receive either posterior spinal instrumentation (PI; n=17) or vertebral body tethering surgery (VBT; n=15). The primary outcome of this trial was pain intensity at 1, 4, 8, 12, 24, and 48 hours, and 3 weeks, postoperatively. Morphine consumption, patient satisfaction, bleeding, and length of stay ...

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