May be not more than hundreds of cases, I don't know really. But sure would be thousands or hundreds of thousands if only fusion surgeons would not be hiding Vbt information to their clients as it seems they are doing! Or do you believed taht they never heard about Vbt?
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Only a relative handful of surgeons are trained in it. Then there is a learning curve. VBT is going to be very experimental for a long time WITHOUT invoking imaginary conspiracy theories among honest surgeons.
VBS didn't really pan out for large curves per Betz. The staples can't hold. Tethering might not pan out either. Lonner stated some known unknowns that are very open questions, some having to do with disc integrity with tethering. Both treatments are still experimental.
Wanting a non-fusion treatment is fine. Imagining we have one if we don't is misleading and helps nobody.Sharon, mother of identical twin girls with scoliosis
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I'm only talking about FACTS and doing logical conclusions to explain what is happening. If you have a rational, not dogmatic way to explain what is happening, I hear you, but please try to justuify what you say, it has nothing to do what you may think or not. Why do you say Vbt cannot hold larges curves?????
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Originally posted by flerc View PostI'm only talking about FACTS and doing logical conclusions to explain what is happening. If you have a rational, not dogmatic way to explain what is happening, I hear you, but please try to justuify what you say, it has nothing to do what you may think or not. Why do you say Vbt cannot hold larges curves?????
This is an example of what I mean when I say you are not following along. You don't seem to have any idea of how medical treatments are developed.Sharon, mother of identical twin girls with scoliosis
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Originally posted by Pooka1 View PostLonner stated some known unknowns that are very open questions, some having to do with disc integrity with tethering. Both treatments are still experimental.
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Originally posted by flerc View PostThere are a lot of even KNOWN bad side effects with fusion and is what surgeons are recommending, they don't see it as something experimental. Any way may you post that article? I want to know everything about Vbt.
None of this is going to make any sense to you until you get your facts straight. Plenty of your statements don't make sense. And if they don't make sense they are probably not true. You appear very confused about a lot of issues.Last edited by Pooka1; 02-08-2017, 03:09 PM.Sharon, mother of identical twin girls with scoliosis
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Originally posted by Pooka1 View PostBetz (not me) was talking about VBS (not VBT).
This is an example of what I mean when I say you are not following along. You don't seem to have any idea of how medical treatments are developed.Last edited by flerc; 02-02-2017, 07:48 AM.
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Originally posted by Pooka1 View PostFusion is about cutting losses. You are still comparing to normal. The only comparison that matters is unfused curve versus fused curve. It is demonstrably true that many people are better off fused than not fused EVEN WITH later problems. You are not able to grok this for some reason. I don't know how else to state it.
None of this is going to make any sense to you until you get your facts straight. Plenty of our statements don't make sense. And if they don't make sense they are probably not true. You appear very confused about a lot of issues.
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Originally posted by flerc View PostWhat have to do it? Is known that a lot of people are not good after fusion and cannot reverse it, otherwise they would do it. And what? What have to do what you say with the fact that surgeons should to be talking about Vbt and they are not doing it?Sharon, mother of identical twin girls with scoliosis
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Originally posted by Pooka1 View PostSo is your daughter signing up to be tethered?
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