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2004 Abstracts from the Scoliosis Research Society

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A Longitudinal Pulmonary Function Study of Children with Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome (TIS) Treated with Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib (VEPTR)**

An abstract from the SRS 2004 Annual Meeting on the efficacy of VEPTOR under general anesthesia with pulmonary function tests using the forced deflation technique.

A New Non-Invasive Halo in Pediatric Cervical Spine Immobilization

An abstract from the SRS 2004 Annual Meeting on a non-invasive halo utilizing a breathable skin adhering interface to immobilize the pediatric cervical spine in an adjustable position.

A New Prognostic Factor in Predicting Curve Progression of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

An abstract from the SRS 2004 Annual Meeting on whether osteopenia would serve as one of the important prognostic factors in predicting curve progression in AIS patients.

A Prospective Analysis of Spontaneous Changes of the Vertebral Rotation of Secondary Curves After Selective Anterior Fusion of Idiopathic Scoliosis

An abstract from the SRS 2004 Annual Meeting on digital radiometric and rasterstereographic rotation of idiopathic thoracic or thoracolumbar/lumbar scoliosis before and after selective anterior correction and fusion.

A Prospective Randomized FDA Study of the Charité Disc Replacement-A Correlation of Surgically Accurate Technique with Clinical Outcomes in 276 Consecutive Patients**

An abstract from the SRS 2004 Annual Meeting on the Charité lumbar disk replacement.

A Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter Trial of the Charité Artificial Disc vs. Fusion for Single Level Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease: Two Year Follow-up

An abstract from the SRS 2004 Annual Meeting on the clinical resultscomparing an artificial disc replacement (Charité) to anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF).

Adverse Events Associated with the Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib (VEPTR) A Multicenter Review of 257 patients

An abstract from the SRS 2004 Annual Meeting on the incidence, type,

Aggrecan Gene Polymorphism as a Genetic Marker for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

An abstract from the SRS 2004 Annual Meeting on the base pair sequence of variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) region of exon 12 of the aggrecan gene in people with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Alendronate Inhibits Spine Fusion in a Rat Model

An abstract from the SRS 2004 Annual Meeting on the effects of alendronate on posterolateral spine fusion in a rat model.

An Analysis of Anterior versus Posterior Instrumented Fusion for Thoracic Adolescent Idiopathic (AIS)Curves 70-80 Degrees: Are There Advantages of One Over the Other?

An abstract from the SRS 2004 Annual Meeting on anterior versus posterior fusion for AIS.

Anatomic Reduction and Monosegmental Fusion in the Treatment of Severe Developmental Spondylolisthesis

An abstract from the SRS 2004 Annual Meeting on a series of almost complete reduction of severe developmental L5/S1 spondylolistheses.

Apical Sublaminar Wires versus Pedicle Screws - Which Provides Better Results for Surgical Correction of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis?

An abstract from the SRS 2004 Annual Meeting comparing hybrid hook/apical sublaminar wire/pedicle screw constructs vs in-situ rod-contouring correction with pedicle screw constructs in the treatment of AIS.

Biomechanical Analysis of Single and Double Anterior Vertebral Body Screw Fixation and the Effect of Increasing Screw Diameters

An abstract from the SRS 2004 Annual Meeting on the biomechanical differences in the failure loads of the vertebral bodyscrews of varying diameter.

Can rhBMP-2 (InFuse) Enhance Fusion Rates in Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Using Stand-alone Femoral Ring Allografts?**

An abstract from the SRS 2004 Annual Meeting on whether the use of rhBMP-2 (InFuse) applied to an absorbable collagen sponge can enhance fusion rates in ALIF with stand-alone FRAs.