The mission of the Scoliosis Research Society is to foster optimal care for the patient
with spinal deformity through education, research, advocacy, and ethical practice.
Abstracts

2001 Meeting Abstracts
Complete set of abstracts from 2001 Meeting in Cleveland.

Individual Abstracts from 2001 Meeting in Cairns, Australia

AN IN-VITRO HUMAN CADAVERIC STUDY INVESTIGATING THE BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE THORACIC SPINE
I Oda, K Abumi, BW Cunningham*, T Takeuchi, K Kaneda, PC McAfee* Hokkaido
University, Sapporo, Japan and
*Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA

THE THREE DIMENSIONAL EVOLUTION OF SCOLIOTIC CURVATURE DURING INSTRUMENTATION WITHOUT FUSION IN IMMATURE PATIENTS
Emre Acaroglu, Ahmet Alanay, Muharrem Yazici, Adil Surat Sihhiye,
Ankara, Turkey

** DURAL ECTASIA IN THE MARFAN SPINE: SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT
Nicholas U. Ahn, MD; Paul D. Sponseller, MD; Uri M. Ahn, MD; L. Nallamshetty, BS; Peter Rose, BS; J. Buchowski, MS; Mesfin Lemma, MD; Elizabeth Garrett, PhD
Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Baltimore, MD, USA

LUMBAR SPINE DEGENERATION AND ATHEROSCLEROTIC RISK FACTORS (A 52-YEAR PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 1337 PATIENTS)
Nicholas U. Ahn, MD, Uri M. Ahn, MD, Paul Sponseller, MD, L. Nallamshetty, BS, Porama K. Thanaporn, BS, Peter Rose, BS, Mesfin Lemma, MD, J. Buchowski, MS, John P. Kostuik, MD
Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

RADIOGRAPHIC CORRECTION AND FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES AFTER SPINAL OSTEOTOMY
Uri M. Ahn MD, Nicholas U. Ahn MD, Khalid Kebaish MD, J. Buchowski MS, Mesfin A. Lemma MD, Edward Song, MD, David Cohen MD, Ann Sieber RN, and John P. Kostuik MD
Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

THE EFFECT OF TRANSPEDICULAR INTRACORPORAL GRAFTING IN THE TREATMENT THORACOLUMBAR BURST FRACTURES ON CANAL REMODELING
Ahmet Alanay, Emre Acaroglu, Muharram Yaici, Adil Surat Sihhiye,
Ankara, Turkey

S1 SCREW BENDING MOMENT WITH POSTERIOR SPINAL INSTRUMENTATION ACROSS THE LUMBOSACRAL JUNCTION AFTER UNILATERAL ILIAC CREST HARVEST
Gary M. Alegre, MD, Munish C. Gupta, MD, Brian K. Bay, PhD, Tait S. Smith, MS, Justin E. Laubach, BS
(a - DePuy, b - DePuy)
University of California, Davis, California, USA

FUNCTIONAL AND RADIOGRAPHIC OUTCOMES AFTER SURGERY FOR ADULT SCOLIOSIS USING THIRD GENERATION INSTRUMENTATION TECHNIQUES
Raed M. Ali, MD, Oheneba Boachic-Adjei, MD, Bernard A. Rawlins. MD ·
(c- DePuy-AcroMed)

ANTERIOR SINGLE SOLID ROD INSTRUMENTATION IN THORACOLUMBAR ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS WITH AND WITHOUT THE USE OF INTERBODY STRUCTURAL SUPPORT
P. Alongi, MD; T. Lowe, MD; M. O'Brien, MD; J Wood, MID; Y Kong MD
Woodridge Orthopaedic & Spine Center and
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Wheat Ridge, CO, USA

**THE ACCURACY OF TRANSPEDICULAR THORACIC SCREW PLACEMENT IN VIVO
CPT Philip J. Belmont, Jr., MD, LTC William R. Klemme, MD, CPT Aman Dhawan, MD and LTC David W. Polly, Jr., MD
(a- Medtronic Sofamor Danek, DePuy Acromed)
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

BIOMECHANICAL EFFECTS OF PEDICLE SCREW CONFIGURATION AND KYPHOTIC ANGULATION IN A LONG-SEGMENT POSTERIOR CONSTRUCT UTILIZING A SYNTHETIC MODEL
Philip J. Belmont, Jr., MD, David W. Polly Jr., MD, William R. Klemme, MD. Scott B. Shawen, MD, Patrick J. Pollock, MD, Bryan Cunningham, MSc.
(a - Sofamor Danek, b - Sofamor Danek)

THE EFFECTS OF HOOK PATTERN AND ANGLE OF KYPHOSIS UPON MECHANICAL STRENGTH AND APICAI ROD STRAIN IN A LONG-SEGMENT POSTERIOR CONSTRUCT UTILIZING A SYNTHETIC MODEL
Philip J. Belmont, Jr., MD, David W. Polly, Jr., MD, William R. Klemme, MD and Bryan Cunningham, MSc
(a - Sofamor Danek, b - Sofamor Danek)
Washington, DC, USA

MANAGEMENT OF FIXED SAGTTAL DEFORMITY OF THE SPINE: CLINICAL RESULTS OF TRANSPEDICULAR WEDGE RESECTION (THOMASEN)
Sigurd Berven, MD; Vedat Deviren, MD; Arash Emami, MD; Jason Smith, MD; Serena Hu, MD; David S. Bradford, MD
San Francisco, CA, USA

SUBMUSCULAR ISOLA ROD WITH AND WITHOUT LIMITED APICAL FUSION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SEVER SPINAL DEFORMITIES IN YOUNG CHILDREN
Laurel C. Blakemore, MD, Peter V. Scoles, MD, Connie Poe-Kochert CPNP, George H. Thompson, MD
Cleveland, Ohio USA

EXPERIMENTAL SCOLIOSIS IN AN IMMATURE GOAT MODEL: A METHOD THAT CREATES IDIOPATHIC-TYPE DEFORMITY WITHOUT VIOLATION OF THE SPINAL ELEMENTS ALONG THE CURVE.
John T. Braun, MD; James W. Ogilvie, MD; Raymond M. Stefko, MD; Theodore S. Oegema, Jr., Ph.D.; John T. Friedland, MD; Darrel S. Brodke, MD; Kent N. Bachus, Ph.D
(a - Medtronic Sofamor Danek)

PREOP GAIT COMPARISONS BETWEEN ADULT LUMBAR SCOLIOTICS AND THOSE WITH ABLE BODIES
Keith H. Bridwell, MD^, Angela K. Reitenbach, MS~, Mary L. Uhrich, MS~, Lawrence G. Lenke, MD^, Jack R. Engsberg, PHD
(a - Scoliosis Research Society)
^Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine,
~Human Performance Laboratory, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA

STRING TEST MEASUREMENT TO ASSESS THE EFFECT OF SPINAL DEFORMITY CORRECTION ON SPINAL CANAL LENGTH
Keith H. Bridwell, Timothy R Kuklo, Stephen J Lewis, Fred A Sweet, Lawrence G. Lenke
St. Louis, MO, USA

THE TREATMENT OF THORACIC INSUFFICIENCY SYNDROME ASSOCIATED WITH FUSED RIBS AND SCOLIOSIS
RM Campbell, Jr., MD*; MD Smith, MD*; TE Mayes, MD*; JA Mangos, MD*; DB Willey-Courand, MD*; Ricardo Pinero, MD*; Marden Alder, DDS*; N Kose, MD†; Hoa L. Duong, MD‡; JL Surber, BS* ·
(a - National Organization of Rare Diseases, Office of Orphan Development of the FDA. C- Synthes Spine Company)
*San Antonio, TX, USA,
†Eskisehir, Turkey
‡Boston, MA, USA

ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS WITH EXCESSIVE THORACIC KYPHOSIS: COMPARISON OF ANTERIOR VERSUS POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTATION FOR MAINTAINING CORRECTION
David H. Clements, MD*. Randal R. Betz, MD*; Thomas G. Lowe, MD, Lawrence G. Lenke, MD; Peter 0. Newton, MD
(a - DePuy AcroMed Corporation)
Shriners Hospitals for Children. Philadelphia, PA, USA

**THE BIOMECHANICS OF PEDICLE SCREW AUGMENTATION WITH POLYMETHYMETHACRYLATE
David B. Cohen MD, Dennis Cullinane, PhD, Masayuki Iizuka, MD, PhD, Nathan Walk BS, John P. Kostuik, MD
Baltimore, Maryland, USA

USA POSTEROLATERAL SPINAL ARTHRODESIS USING OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN-1: AN IN-VIVO TIME-COURSE STUDY USING A CANINE MODEL
BW Cunningham, MSc*†, N Shimamoto, MD*, JC Sefter DO†, AE Dmitriev BS, MA Catino MD†, JD Cohen MD†, IL Fedder MD† and PC McAfee MD† ·
(a - Stryker)
*Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory,
Union Memorial Hospital and
†St. Joseph Hospital, Scoliosis and Spine Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

NIGHTTIME BRACING FOR ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS WITH THE PROVIDENCE BRACE
Charles R. d'Amato, M.D., FRCS(C); Sean Griggs, M.D.; Barry McCoy, M.Ed., C.P.O.
Brown University School of Medicine,
University of Texas School of Medicine

CHILDBEARING, SEXUAL FUNCTION AND LIMITATIONS - EFFECT ON CURVE SIZE? PATIENTS WITH ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS TWENTY TWO YEARS AFTER TREATMENT. COMPARISON WITH A MATCHING CONTROL GROUP OF STRAIGHT INDIVIDUALS
Aina J Danielsson MD, Alf L Nachemson MD, PhD
Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden

RADIOLOGICAL FINDINGS AND CURVE PROGRESSION TWENTY TWO YEARS AFTER TREATMENT FOR ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS - COMPARISON OF BRACE AND SURGICAL TREATMENT AND WITH A MATCHING CONTROL GROUP OF STRAIGHT INDIVIDUALS
Aina J. Danielsson, MD, Alf L. Nachemson, MD, PhD
Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden

OUTCOME OF COMBINED ANTERIOR - POSTERIOR ARTHRODESIS FOR PAINFUL ADULT LUMBAR AND THORACO-LUMBAR SCOLIOSIS
Vedat Deviren, M.D., Arash Emami. M.D., Jason A. Smith, M.D., Sigurd Berven, M.D., Serena S. Hu M.D., David S. Bradford, M.D.

HEMIVERTEBRA RESECTION FOR THORACIC AND THORACOLUMBAR CONGENITAL DEFORMITY
Vedat Deviren, MD; Sigurd Berven, MD; Arash Emami, MD; Jason A. Smith, MD; Serena Hu, MD; David S. Bradford, MD
UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA

TECHNIQUE OF ANTERIOR VERTEBRAL OSTEOTOMY DESIGNED TO PRESERVE LUMBAR MOTION AND CORRECT IDIOPATHIC LUMBAR SCOLIOSIS
William P Didelot, MD, Thomas F. Kling, Jr., MD; and Richard E. Lindseth, MD;
Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana USA

PARTIAL REDUCTION, DECOMPRESSION AND POSTERIOR LUMBOSACRAL TRANSFIXATION IN TREATMENT OF HIGH GRADE SPONDYLOLISTHESIS
Twee T. Do, MD, Obeneba Boachie-Adjei, MD, Bernard Rawlins, MD
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York
and Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

THE TREATMENT OF KYPHOTIC DEFORMITY USING KYPHOPLASTY FOR VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION FRACTURES
S. Dudeney, MD1, I. Lieberman, MD1, F. Phillips, MD2, MaryKay Reinhardt, RN1, Gordon Bell, MD1 ·
(a - Kyphon Incorporated)
1Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH,
2University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

IL-1b SENSITIZES HUMAN ANNULUS CELLS TO SHEAR STRESS
Michelle Elfervig, Joe Minchew, MD, Eric Francke, Mari Tsuzaki, Albert Banes
UNC School of Medicine Chapel Hill, NC, USA

USA LONG FUSION TO THE SACRUM IN ADULT SPINAL DEFORMITIES: OUTCOME AND COMPLICATIONS OF LUQUE GALVESTON vs. ILIAC SCREWS vs. SACRAL SCREWS
Arash Emami, M.D.; Vedat Deviren. M.D.; Sigurd Berven, M.D.; Jason A. Smith, M.D.; Serena S. Hu M.D.; David S. Bradford, M.D.
UCSF, Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery, San Francisco, California, USA

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SPONDYLOLYSIS AND SPONDYLOLISTHESIS: 45-YEAR FOLLOW-UP*
Bruce E. Fredrickson, MD1; Daniel Baker, MD, deceased; Albert M. Murtland, MD2; Colleen A. Sweeney, MA1; William J. Beutler, MD1
1SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York,
2Guthrie Clinic, Sayre, Pennsylvania, USA

LONG-TERM RESULTS FROM IN SITU FUSION FOR CONGENITAL SCOLIOSIS
CJ Goldberg, DP Moore, EE Fogarty, FE Dowling
Children's Research Centre & Orthopaedic Department,
Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin. Ireland

SAFETY OF PEDICLE SCREW PLACEMENT FOR SPINAL DEFORMITY AT A PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER
Ann Golden, M.D.; Daniel J. Sucato, MD, MS
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas, TX, USA

IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS TREATED WITH HARRINGTON INSTRUMENTATION - A LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP
D. Grob, M.D., M. Rasmus, M.D., Thomas Egloff, M.D.
Schulthess Klinik, Zürich, Switzerland

RhBMP-4 PROACTIVATED POROUS CERAMIC IN POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION
X Guo MD', Jack CY Cheng MD', LP Law', KM Lee PhD', XD Zhang PhD2, Arthur FT Mak PhD', Randy Rosier MD3
'Hong Kong;
2Sichuan, China;
3New York,

THE RIB EPIPHYSIS AND OTHER GROWTH CENTERS AS AN INDICATOR OF SPINAL GROWTH
Stanley Hoppenfeld, M.D.; Baron S. Lonner, M.D.; Vasantha Murthy, M.D.

MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES OF THE SPINAL CANAL AFTER PLACEMENT OF PEDICLE SCREWS IN NEWBORN PIGS
Dezso Jeszenszky, MD Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cantonal Hospital,
St. Gallen, Switzerland

OPERATIVE VS. NONOPERATIVE TREATMENT OF THORACOLUMBAR BURST FRACTURES WITHOUT NEUROLOGICAL DEFICIT: A RANDOMIZED, PROSPECTIVE STUDY
R. Jhanjee, K. Wood, G. Buttermann, T. Garvey, R. Kane, V. Sechreist, A. Mehbod
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

** SURGICAL TREATMENT OF L4/L5 DEGENERATIVE SPONDYLOLISTHESIS - AN OUTCOME ANALYSIS
Paul M. Keller, M.D., David Ferguson, PA-C Melbourne, Florida, USA **

** THE PLACE FOR PEDICLE SCREWS IN SCOLIOSIS SURGERY: A TWO YEAR FOLLOW-UP
Andrew G. King, M.D., ChB, FRACS, Tara E. Mills, B.S.; Jason E. Smith, B.S., Norman B. Chutkan, M.D.
New Orleans, LA, USA

PREDICTIVE VALUES OF DE NOVO SCOLIOSIS IN THE ELDERLY - A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF MORE THAN 10 YEARS
Tetsuya Kobayashi, MD; Naoki Takeda, MD; Yuji Atsuta, MD; Masakazu Takemitsu, MD; Tsukasa Onozawa, MD
Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Asahikawa Medical College Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan

SPONTANEOUS PROXIMAL THORACIC CURVE CORRECTION FOLLOWING SELECTIVE FUSION OF THE MAIN THORACIC CURVE IN ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS
T.R. Kuklo*, L.G. Lenke*, D.S. Won*, E.J. Graham*, F.A. Sweet*, R.R. Betz#, K.M. Blanke*.
* St. Louis, MO,
#Philadelphia, PA, USA

MINIMUM TWO-YEAR ANALYSIS OF SACROPELVIC FIXATION AND L5/S1 FUSION UTILIZING S1 AND ILIAC SCREWS
Kuklo TR, Bridwell KH, Lewis SJ, Baldus C, Blanke K, Lenke LG
St. Louis, MO, USA

**ACCURACY OF PEDICLE SCREW INSERTION WITH AND WITHOUT COMPUTER ASSISTANCE - A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL IN 100 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS
Timo Laine, Teija Lund, Mauno Ylikoski, Jouni Lohikoski, Dietrich Schlenzka
Helsinki, Finland

DYNAMIC SAGITTAL IMBALANCE OF THE SPINE IN DEGENERATIVE FLAT BACK: SIGNIFICANCE OF PELVIC TILT IN SURGICAL TREATMENT
Choon-Sung Lee, Yung-Tae Kim, Jeong-Hyun Yoo, Choon-Ki Lee
University of Ulsan and
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

THE RESULTS AND COMPLICATIONS OF PEDICLE SUBTRACTION OSTEOTOMIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF FIXED SAGITTAL IMBALANCE
Lewis SJ, Bridwell KH, Lenke LG, Baldus C, Blanke K St Louis, MO, USA

TRIGGERED ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC THRESHOLD FOR ACCURACY OF THORACIC PEDICLE SCREW PLACEMENT IN A PORCINE MODEL
SJ Lewis, MD, LG Lenke, MD, BL Raynor, J Long, DVM, KH Bridwell, MD, KD Riew, MD, AM Padberg, MS
Washington University School of Medicine,
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Louis, MO, USA

PLATELET CALMODULIN LEVELS IN ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS (AIS): A PREDICTOR OF CURVE PROGRESSION AND SEVERITY?
Thomas Lowe, MD1, David Lawellin, PhD2, Yinong Kong, MD1, Michael O'Brien, MD1, David Smith, MSc1, Charles Price, MD3, Marc Asher, MD4, Thomas Haher, MD5, Andrew Merola, MD5 ·
(a- Scoliosis Research Society)
1Wheat Ridge, CO,
2 Denver, CO,
3 Orlando, FL,
4 Kansas City, KS,
5 New York, NY, USA

A MULTI-CENTER PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 737 QUESTIONNAIRES UTILIZING THE SCOLIOSIS RESEARCH SOCIETY (SRS) INSTRUMENT FOR THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS
Andrew Merola, Mario Brkaric, Thomas Haher, Thomas Lowe, Larry Lenke, Randal Betz, Gail Huss, Dennis Wenger, Peter Newton, David Clements, Omid Kohani

THE RESULTS OF SELECTIVE ANTERIOR THORACIC FUSION FOR KING II / LENKE TYPE CL ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS
Walter A. Morgenstern, MD; Peter J. Metz-Stavenhagen, MD, Thomas Seidel, MD; 0laf Hupfer, MD; Thomas R. Haher, MD; Andrew A. Merola, MD;

** COMPARISON OF AUTOGRAFT VS. DEMINERALIZED ALLOGRAFT IN ANTERIOR THORACOSCOPICALLY INSTRUMENTED "SCOLIOSIS" FUSIONS - A CAPRINE MODEL
Peter 0 Newton, MD; Steven S Lee, MD; Andrew T Mahar, MS; Christine L Farnsworth, MS; Craig Weinstein, MD (a - DePuy-Acromed, b - DePuy Acromed)
Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA USA

THORACIC PEDICLE VS PEDICLE / RIB SCREW FIXATION:
Michael F O'Brien MD, Jeffrey Wood MD, Thomas G Lowe MD, Paul Alongi MD, David Smith MSc, David Fitzgerald BSME, Lawrence G Lenke MD, Stephen M Mardjetko MD

OUTCOMES OF POSTERIOR DECOMPRESSION AND FUSION WITH AND WITHOUT INSTRUMENTATION FOR LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS WITH DEFORMITY: AN INNER CITY TEACHING INSTITUTION RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
John M. Olsewski, MD; Edouard F. Armour, MD; Hilary Umans, MD
Bronx, New York, USA

LUMBAR DISC EXCISIONS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Patrizio Parisini, MD, Tiziana Greggi, MD, Mario Di Silvestre, MD, Stefania Paderni, MD
Bologna, Italy

WARNING CRITERIA FOR INTRAOPERATIVE SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED POTENTIAL MONITORING DATA: EXPERIENCE WITH 3783 CASES
AM Padberg, MS, JD Parkinson, MA, KH Bridwell, MD, TJ Wilson-Holden, MA, BL Raynor, LG Lenke, MD, KD Riew, MD
St. Louis, Missouri, USA

PULMONARY FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS 25 YEARS AFTER SURGERY OR START OF BRACE TREATMENT
Kerstin Pehrsson, MD, PhD; Aina Danielsson, MD; Alf Nachemson, MD, PhD
Sahlgrenska University Hospital- GÖTEBORG, SWEDEN

ENDOSCOPIC INSTRUMENTATION, CORRECTION AND FUSION OF THORACIC CURVES IN IDIOPATHIC ADOLESCENT SCOLIOSIS
George D. Picetti III, MD; H. Uli Bueff, MD
(b-Sofamor Danek)

REPEAT SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS FOLLOWING "DEFINITIVE" INSTRUMENTATION AND FUSION FOR IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS
B.S. Richards, MD
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, TX, USA

DELAYED INFECTIONS FOLLOWING POSTERIOR TSRH SPINAL INSTRUMENTATION FOR IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS - REVISITED
B.S. Richards, MD; K. Emara, MD
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, TX, USA

THORACOSCOPIC INTRADISCAL SPINE FUSION USING GENE THERAPY
KD Riew, J Lou, NM Wright, S.-L Cheng, T Bae, LV Avioli
(a - Washington University, Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery)
Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO, USA

THE EFFECT OF COX-2 INHIBITORS ON SPINAL FUSION
K. Daniel Riew, MD, Stephen Lewis, MD, John Long, DVM, Timothy Kuklo, MD
St. Louis, MO, USA
THORACOLUMBAR SPINAL ABNORMALITIES IN STICKeR SYNDROME (HEREDITORY ARTHRO-OPHTHALMOPATHY)
Peter S. Rose, BS'; Nicholas U. Ahn, MD2; Howard P. Levy, MD, PhD'; Uri M. Ahn, MD2; Joie Davis MSN, CPNP'; Ruth N. Liberfarb, MD, PhD'; Leelekrishna Nallamshetty, BS2; Paul D. Sponseller, MD2; Clair A. Francomano, MD'
'National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD and
2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA

ATHLETIC ACTIVITY AFTER SPINE SURGERY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: RESULTS OF A SURVEY OF THE SRS
Paul T. Rubery* and David S. Bradford#
*Rochester, NY and
#San Francisco, CA

** POSTERIOR HEMIVERTEBRA RESECTION IN CONGENITAL SCOLIOSIS - A NEW OPERATIVE TECHNIQUE AND FIRST RESULTS
Michael Ruf, MD; Jürgen Harms, MD Karisbad, Germany

A KYPHECTOMY TECHNIQUE WITH REDUCED PERIOPERATIVE MORBIDITY FOR MYELOMENINGOCELE KYPHOSIS.
John F. Sarwark, MD; John J. Grayhack, MD; Mark Nolden, MD; Arnand Vora, MD
Chicago, IL, USA

**THE PILON CONCEPT OF PELVIC ANCHORAGE FOR SPINAL INSTRUMENTATION IN THE HUMAN CADAVER
Richard Schwend, Romuald Sluyters and Jan Najdzionek
Children's Hospital, Buffalo, New York,

SELECTIVE ANTERIOR FUSION OF THORACIC SCOLIOSIS: SPONTANEOUS CORRECTION OF UNFUSED LUMBAR CURVE AND SPINAL BALANCE
Yasuhiro Shono, MD, Kiyoshi Kaneda, MD; Kuniyoshi Abumi, MD
(b- AcroMed)
Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan

ASSOCIATION OF BACK PAIN AND SCOLIOSIS WITH CARRYING A BACKPACK IN 1,020 CHILDREN
David L. Skaggs, Phyllis D'Ambra, Sean Early, Vernon T. Tolo
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles USA

CLINICAL OUTCOME OF PARTIAL REDUCTION AND INTERBOBY FUSION FOR HIGH GRADE L5-S1 SPONDYLOLISTHESIS uSING THE MODIFIED SRS OUTCOMES INSTRUMENT
Jason Smith. MD, Vedat Deviren, MD, Arash Emami, MD, Frank Kleinstueck, MD, David Bradford. MD
UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA

DOES INSTRUMENTED ANTERIOR SCOLIOSIS SURGERY LEAD TO KYPHOSIS, PSEUDARTHROSIS OR INADEQUATE CORRECTION IN ADULTS?
Jason A. Smith, M.D., Vedat Deviren. M.D., Arash Emami, M.D., Sigurd Berven, M. D., David S. Bradford, M.D.
** REPAIR OF THE PARS INTERARTICULARIS DEFECT WITH A CABLE-SCREW CONSTRUCT
Matthew N. Songer, MD · (d - Pioneer Surgical Technology)
Marquette, MI, USA

OPERATIVE CORRECTION OF IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS IN BOYS: A FUNCTIONAL AND RADIOGRAPHIC OUTCOME COMPARISON TO GIRLS
Daniel J. Sucato, MD, MS; Daniel Hedequist, MD; Lori A. Karol, MD
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas, TX, USA

RISK FACTORS AND MANAGEMENT OF PSEUDOARTHROSIS FOLLOWING POSTERIOR SEGMENTAL SPINAL INSTRUMENTATION FOR IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS
Daniel J. Sucato, MD, MS, Bryan Kaiser, MD
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas, TX, USA

THORACOSCOPIC DISCECTOMY AND FUSION: SAFE AND EFFECTIVE WHEN SEGMENTAL BLOOD VESSELS ARE SPARED
Daniel J. Sucato, MD, MS; Robert D. Welch, DVM, PhD; Bill Pierce, BS; Nessie Haideri, ME; Hong Zang, MD; Dwight Bronson, MS; Sara Mattes MS
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas, Texas, USA

**THORACIC PEDICLE SCREW CORRECTION OF ADULT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS
Paul B. Suh MD, Jody L. Jones Ph.D., Joel A. Berquam MA, Stephen A. Grubb MD
North Carolina Spine Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

** PEDICLE SCREW FIXATION IN PEDIATRIC SPINAL DEFORMITIES - RESULTS IN PATIENTS UNDER 10 YEARS OLD
Se-ll Suk, M.D.; Won-Joong Kim, M.D.; Jin-Hyok Kim, M.D.; Sang-Min Lee, M.D.; Ewy- Ryong Jung, M.D.; Hong-Moon Sohn, M.D.
Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital, Seoul, Korea

**THORACIC PEDILCE SCREW FIXATION IN SPINAL DEFORMITIES - ARE THEY REALLY SAFE?
Se-ll Suk, M.D.; Jin-Hyok Kim, M.D.; Won-Joong Kim, M.D.; Sang-Min Lee, M.D.; Ewy-Ryong Chung, M.D.; Hoon Hwang, M.D.; Woo-II Kim, M.D.; Ki-Ho Nah, M.D. Inje
University Sanggye Paik Hospital, Seoul, Korea

PROSPECTIVE RADIOGRAPHIC AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND COMPLICATIONS OF SINGLE SOLID ROD INSTRUMENTED ANTERIOR SPINAL FUSION IN ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS.
FA Sweet, LG Lenke, K Blanke, J Whorton, KH Bridwell
St. Louis, MO, USA

SURGICAL TREATMENTS FOR SCOLIOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH SYRINGOMYELIA: STUDY ON NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS
Makoto Tokunaga, MD; Shohei Minami, MD; Shinsuke Nishikawa, MD; Hiroshi Kitahara, MD; Keijiro Isobe, MD; Hideshige Moriya, MD, Yoshinori Otsuka, MD; Yoshinori Nakata, MD; Masashi Takaso, MD; Masatoshi Inoue, MD

THE LONG TERM RESULTS OF CHARLESTON BRACING IN SKELETALLY IMMATURE PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS
Jayesh Trivedi M.D., Jeffrey Thomson M.D; John V. Banta M.D

ENDOSCOPIC MECHANICAL SPINAL HEMIEPIPHYSIODESIS MODIFIES SPINE GROWTH
E.J. Wall, M.D., D.I. Bylski-Austrow, Ph.D., R.J. Kolata D.V.M., E. Ballard, M.D., A.H. Crawford, M.D. ·
(a - Ethicon Endo Surgery)
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA

SINGLE STAGE POSTERIOR UNIT ROD ROD CORRECTION FOR NEUROMUSCULAR SCOLIOSIS: CLINICAL AND RADIOGRAPHIC OUTCOMES
L. Erik Westerlund. MD; Sanjitpal Gill MD; Todd Jarosz MD; John Blanco MD; Mark Abel MD
Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

EVIDENCE OF SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCI IN GENOME WIDE SEARCHES OF FAMILIAL IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS
1Carol A.Wise, PhD, 1John A. Herring, MD, 1Joseph D. Gillum, BS, 1Howard C. Gunn, BS, 2Mchael Lovett, PhD, 2Anne M. Bowcock, PhD
1Dallas, Texas;
2St. Louis, MO, USA

LARGE MAGNITUDE ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS: ANTERIOR VS. POSTERIOR SURGICAL STABILIZATION
Jeffrey Wood MD, Thomas Lowe MD, Randal Betz MD, David Clements MD, Larry Lenke MD, Peter Newton MD, Andrew Merola MD, Thomas Haher MD, Dennis Wenger MD, Jurgen Harms MD

 

     
   
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