Growth-friendly surgery results in more growth but a higher complication rate and unplanned returns to the operating room compared to single fusion in neuromuscular early-onset scoliosis: a multicenter retrospective cohort study.

Ying LiJennylee SwallowJoel GagnierPatrick J CahillPaul D SponsellerSumeet GargGeorge H ThompsonBrandon A Ramonull null

Published in: Spine deformity (2021)

While there was a difference in age at index surgery, PSF may be more effective than GFDF at controlling neuromuscular EOS. GFDF patients achieved more spinal growth but eight times more complications and nine times more UPRORs.

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