Matsumoto, Hiroko http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2270-7651
Sinha, Rishi
Roye, Benjamin D.
Ball, Jacob R.
Skaggs, Kira F.
Brooks, Jaysson T.
Welborn, Michelle C.
Emans, John B.
Anari, Jason B.
Johnston, Charles E.
Akbarnia, Behrooz A.
Vitale, Michael G.
Murphy, Robert F.
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Pediatric Spine Foundation (CSSG0152)
Article History
Received: 2 February 2022
Accepted: 6 June 2022
First Online: 3 July 2022
Declarations
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: HM has received consulting fees from the Pediatric Spine Study Group (PSSG), and research grants from Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) and Scoliosis Research Society (SRS). RS has no competing interests to disclose. BDR has received research support from Children’s Spine Foundation, SRS, POSNA, Broadwater, Pediatric Orthopaedic Club of New York, OMeGA Medical Grants Association, and Setting Scoliosis Straight Foundation (Harms). JRB has no competing interests to disclose. KFS has no competing interests to disclose. JTB has received consulting fees from Depuy-Synthes and OrthoPediatrics, and honorarium from Oregon Health Sciences University, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery. MCW has received grants from Zimmer Biomet, Shriners, POSNA, and consulting fees from Depuy Synthes, Nuvasive Spine, Stryker Spine, and Zimmer Biomet. JBE has received consulting fees from Zimmer/Biomet, and has served on the board for Zimmer/Biomet, Pediatric Spine Foundation, and PSSG. JBA has received consulting fees and honoraria from Depuy Synthes. CEJ has received royalties/licenses from Medtronic. BAA has received royalties/licenses from DePuy Spine, Nuvasive, Stryker Spine, and financial support from NociMed. MGV has received grants and personal fees from Biomet, grants and non-financial support from Children’s Spine Foundation, personal fees from East Coast Orthotics and Prosthetics, financial support from Fox, non-financial support from IPOS, grants from OREF, grants and non-financial support from POSNA, non-financial support from Project for Safety in Spine Surgery, grants from OSRF, grants from SRS, personal fees from Stryker, and non-financial support from Wellinks. RFM has served on the board for POSNA and received consulting fees from Stryker and financial support from Globus Medical.
: This study was approved by the Columbia University Institutional Review Board (Protocol AAAT8087) and 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.