Table 1.

Patient characteristics

	Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 3	Patient 4	Patient 5	Patient 6	Patient 7
Age at index surgery	16	14	16	15	15	17	17
Sex	F	F	F	M	M	F	F
Diagnosis	Idiopathic	Idiopathic	Sarco-glycanopathy	Idiopathic	Duchenne	Idiopathic	Idiopathic
Level of fusion	T4–L2	T3–T11	T4–Ileum	T4–L1	T4–Ileum	T5–T11	T5–T12
Number of vertebrae fused	11	9	15	9	15	7	8
Anterior release	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Number of pedicle screws	11	10	13	11	14	9	9
Number of interlinks	2	2	2	2	1	2	1