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Doing Your First Vertebral Tether: How to Incorporate a New Technique Into Your Practice

Vertebral Tethering has recently gained conditional approval from the FDA as a humanitarian device exemption and has been gaining popularity and interest as evidenced by increasing numbers of…

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Anterior Lumbar Vertebral Body Tethering in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is the most common spinal deformity in children. The traditional treatment for curves greater than 50 degrees is posterior spinal fusion with pedicle…

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Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering for Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis in Skeletally Immature Patients

This video demonstrates the thoracoscopic approach for vertebral body tethering for scoliosis. Intra-operative navigation is utilized to accurately place the screws followed by tensioning of the…

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