Inter- and intra-rater reliability and accuracy of Sanders Skeletal Maturity Staging System when used by surgeons performing vertebral body tethering.
Lauren M SwanyA Noelle LarsonTodd A MilbrandtJames O SandersKevin M NealLaurel C BlakemorePeter O NewtonJoshua M PahysPatrick J CahillAhmet AlanayPublished in: Spine deformity (2021)
The current-state use of SSMS across pediatric orthopedic surgeons for evaluation of AIS patients displays adequate but imperfect precision and accuracy with difficulties delineating SSMS stages 2 through 4, which correlate with adolescent growth periods germane to scoliosis growth modulation surgery. Centralized assessment of hand-bone age may help ensure standardized reporting for non-fusion scoliosis research.
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- end stage renal disease
- bone mineral density
- quality improvement
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- young adults
- minimally invasive
- mental health
- lymph node
- peritoneal dialysis
- coronary artery bypass
- emergency department
- patient reported outcomes
- postmenopausal women
- adverse drug
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- bone loss