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For kids with severe scoliosis, growth-friendly surgeries cause more complications than single spinal fusion
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For kids with severe scoliosis, growth-friendly surgeries cause more complications than single spinal fusion

by  University of Michigan Credit: CC0 Public Domain A Michigan Medicine study found that preadolescent children with severe neuromuscular scoliosis who are treated with growth-friendly surgery prior to spinal fusion have more complications and unplanned subsequent surgeries than those who only have the spinal fusion. Early-onset scoliosis is a potentially deadly curve in the spine that...

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The effectiveness of electrical stimulation in producing spinal fusion

JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY PUBLISHING GROUP CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (OCTOBER 8, 2019). Researchers from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of published data on the effect of electrical stimulation therapies on spinal fusion. They found significant improvement overall in the rates of bone fusion following a course of electrical stimulation...