Anterior vertebral body tethering shows clinically comparable shoulder balance outcomes to posterior spinal fusion.

James MeyersLily EakerAmer SamdaniFiroz MiyanjiMichael HerreraAshley WilczekAhmet AlanayCaglar YilgorDaniel HoernschemeyerSuken ShahPeter NewtonBaron S Lonner

Published in: Spine deformity (2024)

While PSF was found to be associated with worse |RSH| outcomes, the actual numbers (2-3 mm) are unlikely to be clinically meaningful. Thus, in this analysis, VBT can be said to show comparable shoulder balance outcomes to PSF.

Keyphrases

spinal cord
metabolic syndrome
spinal cord injury
skeletal muscle
rotator cuff