Screening MRI in Congenital EOS: Is It Safe to Delay Advanced Imaging to Decrease Early Anesthesia?
The prevalence of neural axis abnormalities in C-EOS was 20%. There was no significant correlation between age at first MRI and the chance of an abnormal MRI. There were no significant differences in neurological complications and UPROR between the younger than or equal to 3-year and older than 3-year groups. Thus, in C-EOS, MRI may be cautiously deferred until after the age of 3 in patients with normal neurological examinations and radiological findings.
Authors
- Leila Mehraban Alvandi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0187-5872)
- Jaime A. Gomez
- Evan Mostafa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4202-8568)
- John Emans
- Edina Gjonbalaj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9543-575X)
- Purnendu Gupta
- A. Noelle Larson
- Pediatric Spine Study Group
- Paul Sponseller
Institutions
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Montefiore Medical Center (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute (IN)
- Financial Research (Hungary) (HU)
- Mayo Clinic in Arizona (US)
- Johns Hopkins Children's Center (US)
- Shriners Hospitals for Children - Chicago (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
- Published
- 2026-01-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/bpo.0000000000003177
- Primary Topic
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00