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. 2022 Feb 4;3(2):123–129. doi: 10.1302/2633-1462.32.BJO-2021-0120.R1

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Fig. 3 — Group Risser grade 0 to 2 (vertebral body tethering growth modulation) 14-year-old female on an anteroposterior whole-spine radiograph. She is Risser 0 and her tri-radiate cartilages are closed. a) There is a main thoracic (MT) Cobb angle of 33.1° and thoracolumbar Cobb angle of 41.4°. b) The Fulcrum Bending radiograph MT unbends to 20.4° and c) the Fulcrum Bending radiograph thoracolumbar (TL) unbends to 10.9° six weeks postoperatively. d) There are preoperative Cobb angles of MT = 30° and TL = 15.9°. e) Radiographs taken at five years postoperatively show further improvement with MT = 26.6° TL = 4.9°