Prospective Study
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World J Orthop. Sep 18, 2018; 9(9): 138-148
Published online Sep 18, 2018. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v9.i9.138
Single rod instrumentation in patients with scoliosis and co-morbidities: Indications and outcomes
Athanasios I Tsirikos, Peter R Loughenbury
Athanasios I Tsirikos, Peter R Loughenbury, Scottish National Spine Deformity Centre, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh EH9 1LF, United Kingdom
Author contributions: Tsirikos AI treated the patients included in this series, and analyzed the data and wrote the paper; Loughenbury PR collected, analyzed the data, and wrote the initial draft of the paper; both authors reviewed the final manuscript including the present revision and agreed to proceed with the submission.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Royal Hospital for Sick Children Institutional Review Board.
Informed consent statement: Patients were not required to give informed consent to the study because the analysis used anonymous data that were obtained after each patient agreed to treatment by written consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. No conflict of interest is to be declared
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Correspondence to: Athanasios I Tsirikos, FRCS (Hon), MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Senior Scientist, Surgeon, Scottish National Spine Deformity Centre, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Sciennes Road, Edinburgh EH9 1LF, United Kingdom. atsirikos@hotmail.com
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Received: February 9, 2018
Peer-review started: February 10, 2018
First decision: March 9, 2018
Revised: May 20, 2018
Accepted: May 23, 2018
Article in press: May 23, 2018
Published online: September 18, 2018
Core Tip

Core tip: We reviewed 99 pediatric patients treated for scoliosis with a single-rod hybrid technique. They belonged in three groups: Group A included 62 patients with complex deformities and low body mass index (BMI) associated with medical co-morbidities increasing the risk of cardiac, respiratory, neurological complications and intra-operative blood loss; group B included 21 patients treated with growing rod lengthenings who underwent spinal fusion; group C included 16 patients with moderate adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, low BMI, and severe eczema at risk of wound or systemic infection. The single-rod technique has achieved and maintained at follow-up good deformity correction with low surgical time, blood loss, and surgical morbidity.