Malka, Matan S. https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1470-3335
Lenke, Lawrence G. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5595-4958
Givens, Ritt R. https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1641-9855
Lu, Kevin https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1506-3735
Rymond, Christina C. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6459-0984
McCarthy, Richard https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0735-793X
Samdani, Amer F. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4206-610X
Yaszay, Burt https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9236-2284
Pahys, Joshua https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8965-354X
Vitale, Michael G. https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6928-122X
Roye, Benjamin D. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3542-5108
Group, Pediatric Spine Study
Article History
Received: 21 August 2024
Accepted: 20 June 2025
First Online: 4 July 2025
Declarations
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: MSM has no conflicts of interest to disclose. LGL has received grants from the Setting Scoliosis Straight Foundation (SSSF), ISSG, AO spine as well as royalties from Medtronic and Acuity Surgical. He is on the board of the National Spine Health Foundation (NSHF), Global Spine Outreach (GSO), and SSSF. He has received research funding from the Fox Family, AOSpine, and SRS. RRG has no conflicts of interest to disclose. KL has no conflicts of interest to disclose. CCR has no conflicts of interest to disclose. RM reports personal fees from Medtronic and Orthopediatrics outside the submitted work. AFS receives consulting fees from DePuy, Ethicon, Globus, Mirus, Nuvasive, Orthofix, Stryker, and Zimvie. He is a board member of PSSG and SSSF. BY received consulting fees from Biogen, Depuy, Globus, K2M, Nuvasive. He is a board member of AAOS, POSNA, SRS, and the Journal of Spine Deformity. JMP received consulting fees from Nuvasive, Depuy Synthes, and ZimVie. 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 the former president of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America and is a Board Member, Chair Emeritus of the International Pediatric Orthopaedic Symposium. BDR has received grants from the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America and Orthopedic Science Research Foundation. The Pediatric Spine Study Group (PSSG) receives Research support: POSNA, FDA, NuVasive, DePuy Synthes Spine, Growing Spine Foundation, Children’s Spine Foundation. There was no specific funding for this study.
: Informed consent was obtained from all participants included in this study upon enrollment into the registry.
: No patient identifying information is included in the article. Not applicable.
: This study was approved by the participating sites and by the Columbia University Institutional Review Board under protocol AAAB5378. It was performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: No copyrighted materials are included in this manuscript.