Paper #20: Vertebral Column Resection for Early-Onset Scoliosis: Indications, Utilization and Outcomes

Spine Deform. 2017 Nov;5(6):449-450. doi: 10.1016/j.jspd.2017.09.023.

Abstract

EOS treated with VCR were predominantly congenital or myelomeningocele with 84% performed at index surgery and 70% definitive fusion. Correction of major curve was 69% and increases in spinal and thoracic height. Complication rate was 33% with 57% being IONM/neuro related.