title: Transpedicular convex anterior hemiepiphysiodesis and posterior arthrodesis for progressive congenital scoliosis.
abstract: Nine children with progressive congenital scoliosis underwent bilateral posterior spinal fusion supplemented with transpedicular convex anterior hemiepiphysiodesis. The average preoperative curve was 52 degrees. The average age at surgery was 9 years and 1 month and the average follow-up period was 3 years and 6 months. Curve progression was arrested in all cases, and curve correction greater than 10 degrees was achieved in four patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Children's Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: MacEwen
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Bose
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011859:Radiography; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods*