Spinal height for growth guidance treatment in early onset idiopathic scoliosis: analysis through final surgical treatment.

Background: The growth guidance (GG) method for treatment of early onset scoliosis has as its primary goal the restoration of apical spinal alignment, facilitating normal spinal growth to achieve a suitable adult thoracic height.

Purpose: To evaluate whether GG surgical treatment achieves comparable thoracic and spinal height to distraction-based treatment (DBT) in idiopathic early onset scoliosis (I-EOS) patients. We hypothesized that GG would prove superior to DBT at the time of definitive fusion surgery.

Infectious profiles in civilian gunshot associated long bone fractures.

Purpose: There is a paucity of literature on infections in civilian gunshot associated with long bone fractures with the reported rates ranging from 0-15.7%.This study aimed to investigate the rates of infection associated with long bone fractures caused by civilian gunshots.