Sagittal Spinal Alignment 2 Years After Vertebral Body Tethering
Patients who underwent VBT maintained sagittal alignment when measured by VPA while achieving coronal plane correction. These data offer evidence against concerns for sagittal plane malalignment with VBT.
Authors
- Jun Ouchida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3447-1628)
- Paul Kelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0844-6448)
- Amer F. Samdani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4206-610X)
- Parham Gholami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1150-3669)
- Vidyadhar V. Upasani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2635-9823)
- Alexander J. Schüpper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3322-8138)
- Steven W. Hwang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0832-3683)
- Joshua M. Pahys (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8965-354X)
- Peter O. Newton
Institutions
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego (US)
- Nagoya University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Spine
- Published
- 2026-03-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005685
- Primary Topic
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00