Radiographic Outcomes After Growing Rod Treatment in Early-Onset Scoliosis: With Versus Without Final Fusion Surgery
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Graduated Group | Final Fusion Group | p-Value |
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Sex (female/male) | 7/3 | 7/2 | 1.000 |
Age (Initial surgery) (years) | 10.8 ± 2.3 | 11.6 ± 2.2 | 0.423 |
Age (Final surgery) (years) | 14.8 ± 1.9 | 15.2 ± 1.9 | 0.640 |
Follow-up period (months) | 35.1 ± 32.8 | 39.1 ± 7.7 | 0.720 |
Scoliosis type (Idiopathic/Congenital/ Neuromuscular/Syndromic) | 5/0/5/0 | 6/0/3/0 | 0.463 |
Lenke classification (1/2/3/4/5/6) | 5/0/2/1/0/2 | 1/1/6/0/0/1 | 0.138 |
Risser stage (0/1/2/3/4/5) | 10/0/0/0/0/0 | 7/1/0/0/1/0 | 0.289 |
Fusion level | 8.5 ± 5.9 | 13.1 ± 1.1 | 0.038 * |
Number of lengthening | 1.2 ± 0.6 | 1.4 ± 0.5 | 0.376 |
Time from initial to final surgery (months) | 26.0 ± 8.9 | 34.0 ± 11.9 | 0.115 |
Variable | Graduated Group | Final Fusion Group | p-Value |
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Cobb angle (main curve) (°) | 60.3 ±8.9 | 73.0 ± 28.8 | 0.202 |
Coronal balance (mm) | 7.0 ± 18.4 | −9.4 ± 35.9 | 0.220 |
Clavicular angle (°) | −9.1 ± 20.6 | −1.5 ± 5.6 | 0.306 |
Thoracic kyphosis (°) | 31.7 ± 17.4 | 34.5 ± 17.4 | 0.685 |
Lumbar lordosis (°) | 48.8 ± 11.7 | 53.9 ± 22.6 | 0.480 |
Sagittal vertical axis (mm) | 17.3 ± 25.4 | 13.9 ± 52.6 | 0.856 |
Variable | Graduated Group | Final Fusion Group | p-Value |
---|---|---|---|
Cobb angle (main curve) (°) | 34.9 ± 5.3 | 24.2 ± 11.9 | 0.020 * |
Correction rate of main curve (%) | 40.1 ± 15.8 | 66.6 ± 11.0 | 0.001 * |
Coronal balance (mm) | 19.7 ± 14.9 | −1.5 ± 12.9 | 0.004 * |
Clavicular angle (°) | 8.7 ± 22.3 | 2.6 ± 5.4 | 0.434 |
Variable | Graduated Group | Final Fusion Group | p-Value |
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Sagittal vertical axis (mm) | −9.1 ± 42.8 | 1.15 ± 41.9 | 0.604 |
Thoracic kyphosis (°) | 28.4 ± 12.9 | 34.6 ± 10.6 | 0.268 |
Lumbar lordosis (°) | 43.5 ± 15.2 | 49.0 ± 11.7 | 0.399 |
Δ Thoracic kyphosis (°) | −11.9 ± 16.4 | 0.1 ± 11.9 | 0.088 |
Δ Lumbar lordosis (°) | −4.3 ± 12.9 | −4.9 ± 19.8 | 0.942 |
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Nam, Y.; Patel, U.; Lee, S.; Lim, J.; Yang, J.H.; Suh, S.W. Radiographic Outcomes After Growing Rod Treatment in Early-Onset Scoliosis: With Versus Without Final Fusion Surgery. J. Clin. Med. 2025, 14, 7184. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14207184
Nam Y, Patel U, Lee S, Lim J, Yang JH, Suh SW. Radiographic Outcomes After Growing Rod Treatment in Early-Onset Scoliosis: With Versus Without Final Fusion Surgery. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2025; 14(20):7184. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14207184
Chicago/Turabian StyleNam, Yunjin, Udit Patel, Sangmin Lee, Jungwook Lim, Jae Hyuk Yang, and Seung Woo Suh. 2025. "Radiographic Outcomes After Growing Rod Treatment in Early-Onset Scoliosis: With Versus Without Final Fusion Surgery" Journal of Clinical Medicine 14, no. 20: 7184. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14207184
APA StyleNam, Y., Patel, U., Lee, S., Lim, J., Yang, J. H., & Suh, S. W. (2025). Radiographic Outcomes After Growing Rod Treatment in Early-Onset Scoliosis: With Versus Without Final Fusion Surgery. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 14(20), 7184. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14207184