Background: Congenital abnormalities when present, according to VACTERL theory, occur
nonrandomly with other congenital anomalies. This study estimates the prevalence of …

Background: Congenital vertebral anomalies are a heterogeneous group of diagnoses, and
studies on their epidemiology are sparse. Our aim was to investigate the national …

Design: Retrospective analyses of congenital scoliosis patients at 2 tertiary care pediatric
hospitals. Objective: This study objectives were (1) to report the rates of anomalies of 10 …

The developmental and genetic etiology of most congenital vertebral malformation disorders
remains unknown. The objective of this study was to evaluate and classify congenital …

Purpose Congenital malformations of the bony vertebral column are often accompanied by
spinal cord anomalies; these observations have been reinforced with the use of magnetic …

The term congenital spinal anomalies encompasses a wide variety of dysmorphology that
occurs during early development. Familiarity with current terminology and a practical, clinico …

Study Design. A series of 126 consecutive patients with congenital spinal deformity is
presented. Objective. To assess the incidence of intraspinal anomaly and other organic …

Study Design. A focused review of the literature with regard to the important system
abnormalities of patients with spinal deformities associated with exotic congenital …

Background: Congenital scoliosis is a failure of vertebral formation, segmentation, or a
combination of the 2 arising from abnormal vertebral development during weeks 4 to 6 of …

Study Design. Review. Objective. To review and outline the preoperative evaluation and
approach in assessing children with congenital vertebral malformation. Summary of …