Peter Newton from Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego discusses 15 of his recent studies, spanning many areas of spine surgery as well as trauma. Your hosts are Carter Clement from Children's Hospital of New Orleans, Julia Sanders from Children’s Hospital Colorado, Craig Louer from Vanderbilt, and Josh Holt from University of Iowa. Music by A. A. Aalto.

Papers discussed:

1) To tether or fuse? Significant equipoise remains in treatment recommendations for idiopathic scoliosis. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35316524/

2) The classification of scoliosis braces developed by SOSORT with SRS, ISPO, and POSNA and approved by ESPRM. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35190896/

3) Surgical outcomes of severe spinal deformities exceeding 100° or treated by vertebral column resection (VCR). Does implant density matter?: an observational study of deformity groupings. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35305251/

4) Elastic Intramedullary Nails in the Treatment of Pediatric Length Unstable Femur Fractures. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35089881/

5) Are patients who return for 10-year follow-up after AIS surgery different from those who do not? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35067897/

6) When successful, anterior vertebral body tethering (VBT) induces differential segmental growth of vertebrae: an in vivo study of 51 patients and 764 vertebrae. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35064912/

7) Anterior vertebral body tethering for thoracic idiopathic scoliosis leads to asymmetric growth of the periapical vertebrae. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34982419/

8) Distal adding-on in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis results in diminished health-related quality of life at 10 years following posterior spinal fusion. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34822135/

9) Selecting the "Touched Vertebra" as the Lowest Instrumented Vertebra in Patients with Lenke Type-1 and 2 Curves: Radiographic Results After a Minimum 5-Year Follow-up. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32804885/

10) Factors associated with increased back pain in primary thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis 10 years after surgery. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34251608/

11) Paraspinal muscle morphology and composition in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: A histological analysis. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34611591/

12) In Search of the Ever-Elusive Postoperative Shoulder Balance: Is the T2 UIV the Key? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30348348/

13) Is Anterior Release Obsolete or Does It Play a Role in Contemporary Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Surgery? A Matched Pair Analysis. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31368923/

14) What is the effect of intraoperative traction on correction of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS)? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34133013/

15) Intraoperative neuromonitoring practice patterns in spinal deformity surgery: a global survey of the Scoliosis Research Society. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33230669/