http://www.srs.org/professionals/mee...al-program.pdf
This is just what caught my eye among the first 125 abstracts. There are plenty more I need to review. I just read the titles and conclusions in most cases because I am trying to get through all of them!
- Claim that Schroth type 3C curve responds to Schroth PT
- No low risk Scoliscore patients ended up with a curve >25* at maturity in a study
- less disc degeneration and lower back pain in surgical versus matched non-fuse patients
- 3D assessments (e.g., rotation, hypokyphosis, etc.) help determine progressive versus non-progressive AIS
- additional radiographic risk factors to avoid to prevent adding on in T curves
- if you only want the T curve fused in a false double, you better get someone who has mucho experience - they tend to do selective T fusions much more than less experienced surgeons who fuse well into the lumbar. (I am extremely relieved that our surgeon did a selective fusion on my one kid with a false double. He is non SRS but we were referred to him by an SRS surgeon.)
- significant loss of correction (10* - 15*) in T curves with late implant removal (10 years)
- 20 - 40 year olds had more rigid curves, worse correction, more complications and longer fusions than kids. (I have noted the longer fusions in adults versus kids from testimonials and it seems there is now data for this.)
- of adults who get surgery, all had lower reported HRQOL (quality of life) than unfused (? have to check) and the scores were worse for older versus younger.
- 40 Shilla patients with at least 5 years of f/u - looks okay despite some complications.
- compared growth rods to casting - mixed results.
- both VEPTR and growth rods are viable but mixed bag of differences
- segmental self growing rods looking good
- MRCGR (a magnetically-expanded growth rod system - NOT MAGEC) looks promising
- tethering might be better than VBS in terms of greater initial correction and better control on subsequent progression
- finding correlates (the noun, not the verb) to PJK incidence
- pain in upper back strongly correlated with PJK
- new susceptibility locus for AIS found
- new DNA markers related to AIS progression
- first study to find mutations in certain genes causes AIS
- discovery of particular gene mutation implicates a specific developmental pathway (axial development) in IS pathogenesis. Have to do more work to see how rare this is.
- evidence for disordered bone structure in AIS in girls - indicates abnormalities in bone metabolism and disturbance on leptin signaling
- review of 108,419 (!) surgical cases
- 340 cases of Scoliscore intermediate risk group (51 - 180) - risk varies tremendously in this group. Linear increase in risk of progression with score. Exponential increase in risk of progression to surgical range with score.
This is just what caught my eye among the first 125 abstracts. There are plenty more I need to review. I just read the titles and conclusions in most cases because I am trying to get through all of them!
- Claim that Schroth type 3C curve responds to Schroth PT
- No low risk Scoliscore patients ended up with a curve >25* at maturity in a study
- less disc degeneration and lower back pain in surgical versus matched non-fuse patients
- 3D assessments (e.g., rotation, hypokyphosis, etc.) help determine progressive versus non-progressive AIS
- additional radiographic risk factors to avoid to prevent adding on in T curves
- if you only want the T curve fused in a false double, you better get someone who has mucho experience - they tend to do selective T fusions much more than less experienced surgeons who fuse well into the lumbar. (I am extremely relieved that our surgeon did a selective fusion on my one kid with a false double. He is non SRS but we were referred to him by an SRS surgeon.)
- significant loss of correction (10* - 15*) in T curves with late implant removal (10 years)
- 20 - 40 year olds had more rigid curves, worse correction, more complications and longer fusions than kids. (I have noted the longer fusions in adults versus kids from testimonials and it seems there is now data for this.)
- of adults who get surgery, all had lower reported HRQOL (quality of life) than unfused (? have to check) and the scores were worse for older versus younger.
- 40 Shilla patients with at least 5 years of f/u - looks okay despite some complications.
- compared growth rods to casting - mixed results.
- both VEPTR and growth rods are viable but mixed bag of differences
- segmental self growing rods looking good
- MRCGR (a magnetically-expanded growth rod system - NOT MAGEC) looks promising
- tethering might be better than VBS in terms of greater initial correction and better control on subsequent progression
- finding correlates (the noun, not the verb) to PJK incidence
- pain in upper back strongly correlated with PJK
- new susceptibility locus for AIS found
- new DNA markers related to AIS progression
- first study to find mutations in certain genes causes AIS
- discovery of particular gene mutation implicates a specific developmental pathway (axial development) in IS pathogenesis. Have to do more work to see how rare this is.
- evidence for disordered bone structure in AIS in girls - indicates abnormalities in bone metabolism and disturbance on leptin signaling
- review of 108,419 (!) surgical cases
- 340 cases of Scoliscore intermediate risk group (51 - 180) - risk varies tremendously in this group. Linear increase in risk of progression with score. Exponential increase in risk of progression to surgical range with score.
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