Publications by authors named "Jocelyn Idema"
Study Design: A modified Delphi method was used to establish consensus. Subject matter experts were invited to participate as the expert panel. Best practice statements were distributed to the panel.
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- The study looked at children with spine problems who were treated with growing rods and followed them for about 9 years to see how well the treatment worked.
- They found that a lot of these kids, about 89%, had their spines start to fuse together on their own (autofusion) after using growing rods.
- Additionally, they noticed that after the rods were removed, the kids had an average improvement in their spine curves, but they needed about 7 extra surgeries to fix problems caused by autofusion.