Vertebral body tethering (VBT) represents a new surgical technique to correct idiopathic
scoliosis using an anterior approach, spinal instrumentation with vertebral body screws, and …

Purpose In this meta-analysis, we analyzed the efficacy and safety of anterior vertebral body
tethering in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Methods We performed a literature …

Introduction Tether breakage is a frequent mechanical complications after vertebral body
tethering (VBT), but not all patients with a breakage show loss of correction. The reason of …

Introduction: Vertebral body tethering (VBT) is gaining popularity for the management of
selected AIS patients. The most frequent non-mechanical complications after VBT are …

Purpose VBT is a novel alternative to spinal fusion surgery to treat skeletally immature AIS
and was approved to correct idiopathic scoliosis in August 2019 by US Federal Drug …

Background Anterior vertebral body tethering (AVBT) has been approved for skeletally
immature (IM) adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients, but the role of AVBT in patients with …

Vertebral Body Tethering (VBT) is a recently developed surgical technique for the treatment
of progressive and severe scoliosis in patients with significant growth potential. It has been …

Purpose Over the past 12 years, vertebral body tethering (VBT) has been gradually
promoted for treating scoliosis, but there are few published studies, with only short-term …

Vertebral Body Tethering (VBT) is a non-fusion surgical treatment for Adolescent Idiopathic
Scoliosis (AIS) that elicits correction via growth modulation in skeletally immature patients …

Background Vertebral body tethering (VBT) has been originally developed as a growth
modulation technique for the surgical management of skeletally immature patients with …