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Non-Fusion Anterior Stapling

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The current standard of care for skeletally immature patients with progressive scoliosis measuring greater than or equal to 25° is a thoracolumbosacral orthosis (TLSO).

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  1. Shriners Hospitals for Children, 3551 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA

    Randal R. Betz

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  1. Orthopaedic Surgery, San Diego Medical Director, San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders, University of California, 4130 La Jolla, Village Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA

    Behrooz A. Akbarnia MD

  2. Orthopaedic Surgery Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Hacettepe University, 06100 Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey

    Muharrem Yazici MD

  3. Pediatric Orthopaedics Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, 11000 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44106-6003, USA

    George H. Thompson MD

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Betz, R.R., Asghar, J., Samdani, A.F. (2011). Non-Fusion Anterior Stapling. In: Akbarnia, B.A., Yazici, M., Thompson, G.H. (eds) The Growing Spine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85207-0_45

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