Tag: IMAST 2022

Indirect decompression does not provide superior long-term benefits to direct decompression...

Indirect decompression (ID) for the treatment of lumbar spondylolisthesis does not provide superior long-term clinical outcomes compared to direct decompression (DD), new research has...

IMAST 2022: Vitamin D deficiency may play a role in the...

Dietary vitamin D supplementation can potentially offer a benefit to those with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), according to new research which found that a...

IMAST 2022: Use of low radius of curvature implants increases the...

In patients with early onset scoliosis (EOS), implants with a lower radius of curvature (ROC) are associated with an increased risk of clinically significant...

IMAST 2022: Instrumented posterolateral fusion associated with similar patient outcomes but...

Although there was no difference in patient reported outcomes (PROs) between those who underwent surgery for decompression with instrumented posterolateral fusion (IPLF) and those...

IMAST 2022: New research highlights high failure rates of anterior VBT...

Anterior vertebral body tethering (VBT) for Lenke 1/2 curves with lumbar C modifier is associated with significantly higher failure rates if both curves are...