Background: Recognition of the variables that drive the cost of adolescent idiopathic
scoliosis (AIS) surgeries will help physicians and hospitals to initiate cost-effective …

Background: Although achieving clinical success is the main goal in the surgical treatment of
adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, it is becoming increasingly important to do so in a cost …

Introduction Recent healthcare reforms have raised the importance of cost and value in the
management of disease. Value is a function of benefit and cost. Understanding variability in …

Objectives To investigate the variation in care and cost of spinal fusion for adolescent
idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), and to identify opportunities for improving healthcare value. Study …

Use of instrumentation has become widespread in spinal surgery due to intraoperative
spinal cord monitoring, navigation, and improvement and development of implant materials …

Study design Single-center retrospective review of pediatric patients who underwent
posterior spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Objective To determine what …

Study Design: A retrospective review of clinical data and costs was performed for surgeries
for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) conducted from 2008 to 2017. Objective: Cost …

Background Spinal fusion surgery for the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is
increasing. Health systems and surgeons are decreasing hospital length of stay (LOS) to …

Abstract Background Context Early-onset scoliosis is a challenging problem that is defined
as a curvature of the spine of more than 10 degrees identified in a child less than 10 years …

Study Design. Retrospective database review. Objective. To determine the variability in cost
and surgical technique by geographic region and patient demographic. Summary of …