Intervertebral Disk Health Following Vertebral Body Tethering for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Preliminary Study

Conclusion: At 1 year postoperatively, increased degenerative changes in disks spanned by the tether was identifiable on MRI without evidence of adjacent segment disk disease. These changes were not associated with patient-reported outcomes. Level of Evidence: Level III.
Source: Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Scoliosis Source Type: research