Anterior vertebral body tethering for scoliosis patients with and without skeletal growth remaining: a retrospective review with minimum 2-year follow-up

TDP von Treuheim, L Eaker, J Markowitz… - International Journal of …, 2023 - ijssurgery.com
Background Anterior vertebral body tethering (AVBT) has been approved for skeletally
immature (IM) adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients, but the role of AVBT in patients with …

Anterior spinal growth modulation in skeletally immature patients with idiopathic scoliosis: a comparison with posterior spinal fusion at 2 to 5 years postoperatively

PO Newton, CE Bartley, TP Bastrom, DG Kluck, W Saito… - JBJS, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: Anterior vertebral body tethering (AVBT) has been introduced as a means of
correcting scoliosis without fusion. The purpose of this study was to compare outcomes for …

[HTML][HTML] Anterior vertebral body tethering for treatment of idiopathic scoliosis in the skeletally immature: results of 112 cases

PRP Rushton, L Nasto, S Parent, I Turgeon… - Spine, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Prospective case series. Objective. Determine the efficacy of anterior
vertebral body tethering (AVBT) in skeletally immature patients. Summary of Background …

Anterior vertebral body tethering for immature adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: one-year results on the first 32 patients

AF Samdani, RJ Ames, JS Kimball, JM Pahys… - European Spine …, 2015 - Springer
Purpose This retrospective chart review evaluates the clinical and radiographic outcomes of
anterior vertebral body tethering (VBT) at 1-year follow-up. Anterior VBT offers a fusionless …

Anterior vertebral body tethering for adolescent scoliosis with growth remaining: a retrospective review of 2 to 5-year postoperative results

DG Hoernschemeyer, ME Boeyer, ME Robertson… - JBJS, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: Anterior vertebral body tethering (VBT) is an early treatment option for
progressive scoliosis in pediatric patients, allowing for continued deformity correction during …

Efficacy of anterior vertebral body tethering in skeletally mature children with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a preliminary report

SK Hegde, M Venkatesan, KK Akbari… - International Journal of …, 2021 - ijssurgery.com
Background: Anterior vertebral body tethering (AVBT) offers a dynamic fusionless correction
option for children with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Few existing clinical studies …

[HTML][HTML] Safety and efficacy of anterior vertebral body tethering in the treatment of idiopathic scoliosis: a multicentre review of 57 consecutive patients

F Miyanji, J Pawelek, LA Nasto… - The bone & joint …, 2020 - boneandjoint.org.uk
Aims Spinal fusion remains the gold standard in the treatment of idiopathic scoliosis.
However, anterior vertebral body tethering (AVBT) is gaining widespread interest, despite …

[HTML][HTML] Anterior vertebral body tethering for idiopathic scoliosis in growing children: A systematic review

D Bizzoca, A Piazzolla, L Moretti, G Vicenti… - World Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND The management of idiopathic scoliosis (IS) in skeletally immature patients
should aim at three-dimensional deformity correction, without compromising spinal and …

Vertebral body tethering compared to posterior spinal fusion for skeletally immature adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients: preliminary results from a matched case …

SE Mathew, JB Hargiss, TA Milbrandt, AA Stans… - Spine deformity, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Direct comparisons between vertebral body tethering (VBT) and posterior spinal
fusion (PSF) for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) are limited. We aimed to evaluate 2 …

[HTML][HTML] Vertebral body tethering: An alternative to posterior spinal fusion in idiopathic scoliosis?

AM Hammad, M Balsano, AA Ahmad - Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Skeletally immature patient with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) whose
curves continue to progress despite bracing should be treated surgically. Vertebral body …