Table 1.
Scheme used during clinical care in children treated with nonfusion one-way self-expanding rods.
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|
Screening (1-2 months preoperative) | 30 days preoperative | Preoperative | Postoperative clinic | 2 months post surgery | Every 6 months postoperative till 2 years after skeletal maturity |
| Explanation providing informed consent | ✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
| Sign informed consent |
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
| Examination treating MD |
|
✓ |
|
|
✓ | ✓ |
| X-rays | ✓ |
|
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clinical picture spine (standing position) |
|
✓ |
|
|
|
✓ |
| SRSa questionnaire |
|
✓ |
|
|
✓ | ✓ |
aSRS: Scoliosis Research Society.