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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 5.
Published in final edited form as: Spine Deform. 2017 Sep;5(5):314–324. doi: 10.1016/j.jspd.2017.02.004

Fig. 7.

Fig. 7.

Radiographic time sequence of most successful subject results to date. Top: Coronal plane (posteroanterior, PA). a) Immediately preoperative, with calibration ring, major thoracic curve 36°; b) First postoperative standing radiograph, 20°; c) 1 year, 10°; d) 2 years, 12°. This time course showed that the method corrected a thoracic curvature, and altered the progression of a lumbar compensatory curvature, providing evidence of growth modulation in humans by this method. Bottom: Sagittal plane. e) Immediately preoperative; f) First postoperative standing; g) 1 year; h) 2 years. Note improvement in the symmetry of the posterior aspect of the ribs with reduction of rib hump. [Figs 6a—d reprinted from Figure 9, Chapter 45 in Wall EJ, Bylski-Austrow DI, Reynolds JE, et al. Chapter 45. Growth modulation techniques: titanium clip-screw implant system (HemiBridge). In: The growing spine. Management of spinal disorders in young children, 2nd ed, Part VI. Berlin: Springer; 2016:769–81]