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    Interventional procedure overview of vertebral body tethering for idiopathic scoliosis in children and young people

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    Introduction

    The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) prepared this interventional procedure overview to help members of the interventional procedures advisory committee (IPAC) make recommendations about the safety and efficacy of an interventional procedure. It is based on a rapid review of the medical literature and professional opinion. It should not be regarded as a definitive assessment of the procedure.

    Date prepared

    This overview was prepared in July 2021.

    Procedure name

    • Vertebral body tethering for idiopathic scoliosis in children and young people

    Professional societies

    • British Association of Spine Surgeons

    • British Scoliosis Society

    • British Scoliosis Research Foundation

    • United Kingdom Spinal Societies Board.