Tag: VBT
Timing of tether breakage influences clinical results after VBT
Tether breakage after vertebral body tethering (VBT) leads to a consistent loss of correction when it occurs within the first 12 months. However, it...
High curve magnitude and limited flexibility the main risk factors for...
High curve magnitude and limited flexibility are major risk factors for early tether breakage following vertebral body tethering (VBT), new research has shown. The...
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...
Vertebral body tethering can help prevent fusion surgery of skeletally immature...
Vertebral body tethering (VBT) is a safe and efficacious technique in preventing skeletally immature idiopathic scoliosis patients from having fusion surgery, new research—published by...
Auctus Surgical granted FDA breakthrough device designation for vertebral body tethering...
Auctus Surgical has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) breakthrough device designation for its vertebral body tethering (VBT) system, which the company says...
Spino Modulation granted FDA breakthrough device designation for MIScoli vertebral body...
Spino Modulation, a subsidiary of Spinologics, has been granted breakthrough device designation by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its MIScoli system,...