Abstract Purpose of Review In this article, we review the most recent advancements in the
approaches to EOS diagnosis and assessment, surgical indications and options, and basic …

Thoracic insufficiency syndrome (TIS) was described in 2003 as the inability of the thorax to
support normal respiration or lung growth. TIS includes a broad and disparate group of …

Background: We evaluated long-term outcomes (radiographic parameters and pulmonary
function) at a minimum follow-up of 5 years after use of dual growing rods (DGRs) to treat …

Abstract Introduction/Aims Available studies on scoliosis surgery in spinal muscular atrophy
(SMA) have focused on the primary outcome of the procedure—the correction of the curve …

Purpose: To evaluate the safety of growth-friendly instrumentation for early-onset scoliosis
(EOS) in patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1 who received disease …

In the new therapeutic era, disease-modifying treatment (nusinersen) has changed the
natural evolution of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), creating new phenotypes. The main …

Purpose To report the clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes of scoliosis in patients
with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) from Mainland China. Methods Nineteen patients were …

Background: Treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) scoliosis has evolved in the last
decade, with the emergence of fusionless surgical techniques that allow correction of the …

Background 5q‐Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is now one of the 5% treatable rare
diseases worldwide. As disease‐modifying therapies alter disease progression and patient …

Purpose To assess the intermediate-term radiographic and clinical outcomes of skeletally
immature idiopathic scoliosis (IS) patients that underwent definitive fusion (DF). Methods A …