Interventional procedure overview of vertebral body tethering for idiopathic scoliosis in children and young people
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Contents
Introduction
Description of the procedure
Safety summary
Validity and generalisability of the studies
Existing assessments of this procedure
Additional information considered by IPAC
Word or phrase | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
Body mass index | BMI |
Confidence interval | CI |
Cerebrospinal fluid | CSF |
Early-onset scoliosis 24-item questionnaire | EOSQ-24 |
Intensive care unit | ICU |
Interquartile range | IQR |
Investigational device exemption | IDE |
Food and drug administration | FDA |
Forced expiratory volume in 1 second | FEV1 |
Forced vital capacity | FVC |
Lower instrumented vertebrae | LIV |
Magnetically controlled growing rods | MCGR |
Motor-evoked potentials | MEPs |
Posterior spinal fusion | PSF |
Standard deviation | SD |
Short form 36 health survey questionnaire | SF-36 |
Scoliosis research society 22-item questionnaire | SRS-22 |
Somatosensory evoked potentials | SSEPs |
Upper instrumented vertebrae | UIV |
Unplanned return to the operating room | UPROR |
Vertebral body tethering | VBT |
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