The study included children and adolescents, and it found decreased vertebral height and depth among both groups of patients compared with healthy controls. Young patients with spinal muscular atrophy ...

Scoliosis is the most common spinal deformity affecting pediatric patients. A posterior spinal fusion (PSF) is the gold standard treatment for patients with curves exceeding 45 degrees, but the ...

Fusion surgery has been the long-standing treatment for people with scoliosis—a side-to-side curve of the spine. But other options have become available—including vertebral body tethering for children ...

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is the most prevalent spinal deformity in children, with an incidence reported between 0.47% and 5.2% worldwide. Posterior spinal fusion is the traditional treatment ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Vertebral body tethering may not improve major Cobb angle in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, ...

The 12 vertebrae of the thoracic spine represent the central portion of the spinal column, the bony tower that provides postural support for standing and sitting and also houses the spinal cord. The ...

The dispute concerned the basivertebral nerve, a known source of chronic low back pain. The nerve sits within the spongy interior of the ...

Scoliosis is the most common spinal deformity affecting pediatric patients. A posterior spinal fusion (PSF) is the gold standard treatment for patients with curves exceeding 45 degrees, but the ...

The lumbar vertebrae are the largest movable bones of the backbone. Their large size and bone strength is necessary because these vertebrae support more weight than the upper two segments of the ...