Spring distraction system for dynamic growth guidance of early onset scoliosis: two-year prospective follow-up of 24 patients.

The Spine Journal : Official Journal of the North American Spine Society
Justin V C LemansMoyo Kruyt

Abstract

Current surgical treatment options for early onset scoliosis (EOS), with distraction- or growth-guidance implants, show limited growth and high complication rates during follow-up. We developed a novel implant concept, which uses compressed helical springs positioned around the rods of a growth-guidance construct. This spring distraction system (SDS) provides continuous corrective force to stimulate spinal growth, can be easily contoured, and can be used with all standard spinal instrumentation systems. To assess curve correction and -maintenance, spinal growth, complication rate, and health-related quality of life following SDS treatment. Prospective cohort study. All skeletally immature EOS patients with an indication for growth-friendly surgery and without bone- or soft tissue weakness were eligible to receive SDS. For this study, all included patients with at least 2-year follow-up were analyzed. Coronal Cobb angle, sagittal parameters, T1-T12, T1-S1, and instrumented (ie, bridged segment) spinal height and freehand length, complications and re-operations, and the 24-Item Early Onset Scoliosis Questionnaires (EOSQ-24) score. All primary- and conversion patients (conversion from failed other systems) with SDS and ≥2 years fo...Continue Reading

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