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Comparison of Percentile Weight Gain of Growth-Friendly Constructs in Early-Onset Scoliosis.
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Spine deformity [Spine Deform] 2018 Jan; Vol. 6 (1), pp. 43-47. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Study Design: Multicenter retrospective cohort.<br />Objective: To compare improvement in nutritional status seen in early-onset scoliosis (EOS) patients following treatment with various growth-friendly techniques, especially in underweight patients (<20th weight percentile).<br />Background: Thoracic insufficiency resulting from EOS can lead to severe cardiopulmonary disease. In this age group, pulmonary function tests are often difficult or impossible to perform. Weight gain has been used in prior studies as a proxy for improvement and has been demonstrated following VEPTR and growing rod implantation. In this study, we aim to analyze weight gain of EOS patients treated with four different spinal implants to evaluate if significant differences in weight percentile change exist between them.<br />Methods: Retrospective review of patients treated surgically for EOS was performed from a multicenter database. Exclusion criteria were index instrumentation at >10 years old and <2 years' follow-up.<br />Results: 287 patients met the inclusion criteria and etiologies were as follows: congenital = 85; syndromic = 79; neuromuscular = 69; and idiopathic = 52. Average patient age at surgery was 5.41 years, with an average follow-up of 5.8 years. Preoperatively, 55.4% (162/287) fell below the 20th weight percentile. There was no significant difference in preoperative weight between implants (p = .77), or diagnoses (p = .25). Among this group, the mean change in weight percentile was 10.5% (range: -16.7% to 88.7%) and all implant groups increased in mean weight percentile at final follow-up. There were no significant differences in weight percentile change between the groups when divided by implant type (p = .17).<br />Conclusions: Treatment of EOS with growth-friendly constructs resulted in an increase in weight percentile for underweight patients (<20th percentile), with no significant difference between constructs.<br />Level of Evidence: Level III.<br /> (Copyright © 2017 Scoliosis Research Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Age of Onset
Child, Preschool
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Postoperative Period
Retrospective Studies
Scoliosis complications
Scoliosis surgery
Thinness complications
Thinness surgery
Treatment Outcome
Prostheses and Implants statistics & numerical data
Scoliosis physiopathology
Spine surgery
Thinness physiopathology
Weight Gain physiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2212-1358
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Spine deformity
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 29287816
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspd.2017.05.005