The feasibility, safety, and utility of vertebral wedge osteotomies for the fusionless treatment of paralytic scoliosis.

Study Design: Before-after intervention study of a fusionless surgical technique to correct scoliosis secondary to spinal cord injury or myelodysplasia in children and adolescents.

Objectives: To determine the feasibility, safety, and utility of a fusionless treatment option for paralytic scoliosis. Once determined, these data could then be applied to develop the application of this operation for patients with other types of scoliosis, such as idiopathic.

An innovative technique of vertebral body stapling for the treatment of patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a feasibility, safety, and utility study.

Study Design: Retrospective review.

Objectives: To report the feasibility, safety, and utility of vertebral body stapling without fusion as an alternative treatment for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Summary Of Background Data: The success rate of brace treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis ranges from 50% to 82%.