Final fusion in a complex of surgical treatment for early onset scoliosis.

Introduction: Surgical treatment of early onset scoliosis (EOS) is one of the most challenging problems of spine surgery and includes staged distraction and final fusion at the end of skeletal maturity that remains debatable.

Aim: The objective of the review is to evaluate the efficacy of final fusion following staged distraction with VEPTR instrumentation in patients with EOS.

Materials And Methods: Outcomes of multi-staged operative treatment of 37 patients with EOS of different etiology were reviewed.