Pulmonary and Pleural Complications After Vertebral Body Tethering for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

This Open Science Framework (OSF) project contains the protocol, literature search strategies, study selection records, outcome definitions, overlap adjudication framework, data extraction materials, risk-of-bias assessments, statistical analysis files, supplementary materials, and manuscript supporting a systematic review and meta-analysis of pulmonary and pleural complications following vertebral body tethering (VBT) for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). The project is intended to promote transparency, reproducibility, and long-term accessibility of the study materials associated with this work.