July 23, 2020
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VIDEO: Vertebral body tethering provides non-fusion scoliosis correction as patients grow
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Baron S. Lonner, MD, in the department of orthopedic surgery at Mount Sinai Health System, discussed the muscle-sparing vertebral body tethering technique.
The technique uses incisions in the thorax and/or abdomen, a scope and video camera to place screws across the vertebral bodies in an adolescent patient with idiopathic scoliosis. An attached tether or cord provides partial correction of the curvature and puts less load on the patient’s spine than spinal correction with arthrodesis, Lonner said.
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Lonner reports he is a consultant for and receives royalties for the development of for the development of The Tether Vertebral Body Tethering System from Zimmer Biomet Spine; and is a consult for the ApiFix device from OrthoPediatrics.
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