Outcomes of early hemivertebrectomy in children with congenital scoliosis: A prospective follow-up study.

Background And Objective: Posterolateral hemivertebrectomy with monosegmental instrumentation at an early age is an established method to correct congenital scoliosis but is associated with a relatively high risk of instrumentation failure and health-related quality of life outcomes are not available. We aimed to investigate the effects hemivertebrectomy with postoperative hip spica cast on complications and health-related quality of life in small children with congenital scoliosis.

Methods: A follow-up study of 30 children (at mean age = 3.

Correction to: Genomic Subtyping in Bladder Cancer.

The original version of this article contained a mistake. The included Conflict of Interest statement was incorrect.

Genomic Subtyping in Bladder Cancer.

Purpose Of Review: Molecular characterization of cancer allows us to understand oncogenesis and clinical prognosis as well as facilitates development of biomarkers and treatment. Our aim was to review the current literature on genomic characterization of bladder cancer, and how far we are in implementing genomics into clinical practice.

Recent Findings: Bladder cancers are molecularly diverse tumors with a high mutational rate.

The lifetime risk of pneumonia in patients with neuromuscular scoliosis at a mean age of 21 years: the role of spinal deformity surgery.

Background: Patients with neuromuscular disorders often have an increased risk of pneumonia and decreased lung function, which may further be compromised by scoliosis. Scoliosis surgery may improve pulmonary function in otherwise healthy patients, but no study has evaluated its effect on the risk of pneumonia in patients with neuromuscular scoliosis (NMS).

Methods: The patient charts of 42 patients (mean age 14.

Morbidity and radiographic outcomes of severe scoliosis of 90° or more: a comparison of hybrid with total pedicle screw instrumentation.

Objectives: Untreated severe scoliosis is associated with increased mortality and remains a significant surgical challenge. Few studies have reported mortality after the surgical treatment of severe scoliosis beyond a 2-year follow-up. The objectives of this study were to evaluate mortality beyond standard 2-year follow-up and compare radiographic outcomes using hybrid or pedicle screw instrumentation for severe scoliosis.

Effects of surgical correction of neuromuscular scoliosis on gastric myoelectrical activity, emptying, and upper gastrointestinal symptoms.

Objectives: Gastrointestinal complications are frequent after surgical correction of neuromuscular scoliosis, but the effects of scoliosis surgery on gastric function and upper gastrointestinal symptoms over the long term are unknown.

Methods: Thirty-one children (16 spastic, 15 flaccid patients) who underwent surgical correction of neuromuscular scoliosis were included in a prospective follow-up study. Median (range) age at surgery was 14.

En bloc vertebral column derotation provides spinal derotation but no additional effect on thoracic rib hump correction as compared with no derotation in adolescents undergoing surgery for idiopathic scoliosis with total pedicle screw instrumentation.

Study Design: A comparative review of 2 cohorts with prospective data collection.

Objective: To compare clinical and radiographical parameters in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis undergoing surgery, using total pedicle screw instrumentation with and without en bloc vertebral column derotation (DVR).

Summary Of Background Data: All pedicle screw instrumentations with or without DVR are an effective surgical method for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis correction.

Vertebral fracture and cause-specific mortality: a prospective population study of 3,210 men and 3,730 women with 30 years of follow-up.

Introduction: Vertebral fractures predict mortality, but little is known about their associations with the causes of death. We studied vertebral fractures for prediction of cause-specific mortality.

Material And Methods: A nationally representative sample of 3,210 men and 3,730 women participated Mini-Finland health survey in 1978-1980.

Operative treatment of isthmic spondylolisthesis in children: a long-term, retrospective comparative study with matched cohorts.

The purpose of the present study was to compare the long-term clinical, functional and radiographic outcomes of young patients operated on before or at the onset of puberty (Children) and those operated on after that (Adolescents). The study group consisted of 298 patients operated on under the age of 20 years; 55 of them were operated on before or at the onset of growth spurt (29 females<12.5 years, 26 males<14.

Hemivertebra resection for congenital scoliosis in young children: comparison of clinical, radiographic, and health-related quality of life outcomes between the anteroposterior and posterolateral approaches.

Study Design: A retrospective comparative study of prospectively collected data.

Objective: To compare clinical, radiographic, and health-related quality of life (Scoliosis Research Society [SRS]-24) outcomes in patients undergoing hemivertebra excision by simultaneous anteroposterior (AP) or posterolateral only approach (PL).

Summary Of Background Data: AP hemivertebra resection for congenital scoliosis has provided reliable and safe long-term outcomes with respect to clinical and radiographic findings.

Incidence of spinal and spinal cord injuries and their surgical treatment in children and adolescents: a population-based study.

Study Design: A population based, epidemiological study.

Objective: To investigate incidence of spinal and spinal cord injuries and their surgical treatment in children and adolescents in Finland.

Summary Of Background Data: Epidemiological data on spinal injuries and their treatment in children is sparse.

Treatment of spinal deformities in patients with diastrophic dysplasia: a long-term, population based, retrospective outcome study.

Study Design: A long-term, population based, retrospective follow-up study.

Objective: To evaluate long-term outcomes of brace and surgical treatment for spinal deformities in patients with diastrophic dysplasia (DD).

Summary Of Background Data: Literature on the brace treatment and surgery of spinal deformities in patients with DD is limited.