An observational study in Scoliosis, sponsored by Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute. Terminated at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 1 Year to 10 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-05-05.
Sponsored by Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute · Observational
The objective of this study is to retrospectively and prospectively review patients who have undergone this technique looking at age of the patient, magnitude of the curve preoperatively, postoperatively and over time, diagnosis, pulmonary function, surgical procedures, complications, and spinal growth.
The hypothesis is that Shilla growth permitting spinal instrumentation coupled with a surgical technique of aggressive correction of the apex of the scoliotic curve wil allow for natural growth of the spine in a guided fashion with a limited number of future surgeries required.
Traditional "growing rod" constructs of spinal instrumentation to treat severe scoliosis in young children require a return to the operating room every six to nine months until skeletal maturity. The Shilla system allows for more spinal growth with fewer surgical procedures necessary for lengthenings. This is a major advantage over existing growth permitting systems and allows surgery to be performed at younger ages with better deformity correction without concerns of repeated surgeries.
593 studies on the registry are indexed under Scoliosis; 138 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 50 is below the median of 87 across 232 observational studies indexed under Scoliosis.
Browse Scoliosis studies →Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute is the lead sponsor of 118 studies on the registry; 27 are open to participants now.
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The patients whose data is observed are those who have undergone the shilla surgical technique.
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The patients whose data is observed are those who have undergone the shilla surgical technique.
Patients treated with Shilla procedure will undergo fewer surgeries than patients treated with traditional growing rod constructs.
Time frame: 5 yrs
Patients will have continued spinal growth
Time frame: 5 yrs
This study is terminated, as verified in May 2016. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
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