Originally posted by mariaf
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Sharon - I guess three years ago there were a lot fewer doctors on board with VBS than there are today. Just in the past several months, the number of doctors that I am aware of (we keep a list on the VBS site of those we know of) has probably tripled. I would say a significant increase has happened over the last year in general though. I like the fact that this list includes some very prominent doctors.
Frankly, given the state of fusion surgery for AIS even three years ago, I don't know why they were stapling AIS kids who were fusion candidates. JIS is a completely different scenario. Fusion is putting AIS kids back in the general population on future back issues now and three years ago. VBS looks like it might do that also but that certainly wasn't known three years ago.
As for whether or not one would have chosen VBS three years ago (or five years ago as I did), a lot would depend on the individual situation. I agree with you that I would be much quicker to opt for VBS for a younger child than an older one, for many reasons.
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