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Article History

Received: 25 December 2022

Accepted: 20 May 2023

First Online: 6 June 2023

Declarations

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: Dr. Roye reports grants from Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, Orthopaedic Scientific Research Foundation, and Scoliosis Research Society outside the submitted work. Dr. Vitale reports non-financial support from Pediatric Spine Foundation, during the conduct of the study; grants from Setting Scoliosis Straight Foundation, grants and other from Children’s Spine Foundation, grants from Orthopaedic Scientific Research Foundation, grants and other from POSNA, other from OMeGA, personal fees from Stryker, personal fees from Biomet, personal fees from Nuvasive outside of the submitted work. Dr. Matsumoto reports personal fees from Pediatric Spine Foundation, grants from Scoliosis Research Society, grants from Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America outside the submitted work.

: No copyrighted materials or patient information is included in this manuscript submission.

: This study was approved by the participating sites and by the Columbia University Institutional Review Board under protocol AAAS6106. It was performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

: This study qualifies for a waiver of consent because it is a survey of surgeons and does not involve patient participation. There is no potential to adversely affect the rights or welfare of subjects since this is a survey to gather surgeon opinion, with no patient data being collected or intervention being tested.

: No patient identifying information is included in the article. Not applicable.