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Article History

Received: 10 December 2024

Accepted: 25 January 2025

First Online: 3 March 2025

Declarations

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: MGV has received grants from the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, Orthopedic Science Research Foundation, Pediatric Spine Foundation, and Setting Scoliosis Straight Foundation and royalties from Biomet. He is a paid consultant for Stryker, Biomet, and NuVasive. MGV is on the Board of Directors of Pediatric Spine Foundation, Pediatric Spine Study Group, and C4K. He is former president of Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America and is a Board Member, Chair Emeritus of the International Pediatric Orthopaedic Symposium. RRG has no conflicts of interest to disclose. MSM has no conflicts of interest to disclose. KL has no conflicts of interest to disclose. TMZ has no conflicts of interest to disclose. JL is a consultant for Medtronic and Stryker. ZS is a consultant for Medronic. RL is a consultant for Medtronic. He receives royalties from Medtronic and Stryker. LGL has received royalties from Medtronic and Acuity Surgical and is a consultant for Medtronic and Acuity Surgical. He has received grants from the Setting Scoliosis Straight Foundation, International Spine Study Group Foundation, and AO Spine. LGL has served on the board of the National Spine Health Foundation, Global Spine Outreach, and Setting Scoliosis Straight Foundation. He has also received funding/support from the Fox Family (Prospective Pediatric Spinal Deformity study), AO Spine, Scoliosis Research Society, and BroadWater. RS is a consultant for Stryker, Atec, and Globus, and receives royalties from Stryker. He has served as associate editor for the Journal of Spine Deformity and has served on the board for the National Spine Health Foundation, S3P, and Scoliosis Research Society. SL is a consultant for Medtronic and Stryker and has received payments for lectures from Depuy Synthes, Stryker, and Medtronic. He has served on the board of AO Spine and received institutional support from Stryker, Depuy Synthes, Medtronic, AO Spine, and Cerapedics. DH has received research grants from Medtronic. TP is a consultant for Globus, NuVasive, and Medtronic. He has received royalties from Altus and owns stock in OnPoint Surgical. He has received research support from Globus and fellowship support from Globus, NuVasive, Medtronic, and AO Spine. ANL is a consultant for Depuy, Medtronic, Orthopediatrics, Globus, Stryker, and Pacira, and has received royalties from Mayo and Globus. SQ is a consultant for Stryker, Globus, and Viseon. He has received royalties from Stryker and Globus. He has ownership/equity/investment in Tissue Differentiation Intelligence, HS2, SeeALL AI, and the HSS and ASC Development Network. He has served on the board for LifeLink.com, SeeALL AI, and the Minimally Invasive Spine Study Group. He has served on committees for the North American Spine Society, Annals of Translational Medicine, Hospital Special Surgery Journal, Lumbar Spine Research Society, Cervical Spine Research Society, Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, and the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery. BC is a consultant for Acuity Medical, DeGen Medical, Globus, and SpineEM Robotics. He has ownership in SpineEM Robotics. TTK is a consultant for Medtronic and Johnson and Johnson. DS has received research grants from Globus Medical. He is a consultant for Highridge, Globus Medical, Top Doctors, and Orthobullets. He has stock options in Orthobullets and investments in Green Sun Medical. He has served on the board of the Pediatric Spine Foundation and Scoliosis Research Society. He has served on the medical advisory board for Bikur Cholim and the Gasol Foundation. He has patents with Medtronic and Highridge. He has received royalties from Wolters Kluwer Health, Medtronic, Highridge, and Globus. He has served as the Co-Editor-in-Chief of Orthobullets and on the editorial boards of Spine Deformity, Orthopedics Today, and the Journal of Children’s Orthopedics.

: This study was approved by the Columbia University Institutional Review Board under protocol AAAV1275. It was performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

: Informed consent was obtained from all participants included in this study.

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