Jiang, Fan
Joshi, Hetshree
Badhiwala, Jetan H.
Wilson, Jamie R. F. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3488-7506
Lenke, Lawrence G.
Shaffrey, Christopher I.
Cheung, Kenneth M. C.
Carreon, Leah Y.
Dekutoski, Mark B.
Schwab, Frank J.
Boachie-Adjei, Oheneba
Kebaish, Khaled M.
Ames, Christopher P.
Berven, Sigurd H.
Qiu, Yong
Matsuyama, Yukihiro
Dahl, Benny T.
Mehdian, Hossein
Pellisé, Ferran
Lewis, Stephen J.
Fehlings, Michael G. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5722-6364
Funding for this research was provided by:
AOSpine (N/A)
Scoliosis Research Society (N/A)
Article History
Received: 18 July 2024
Revised: 29 July 2024
Accepted: 2 August 2024
First Online: 17 August 2024
Competing interests
: Dr. Fehlings is a co-author of this study and the Editor-in-Chief of Spinal Cord. He has not been involved in handling this manuscript during the submission and/or review processes. BD serves on the K2M and Stryker advisory boards. SB receives royalties from Stryker, is a consultant for Medtronic, Stryker, Globus, Medicrea, owns Green Sun Medical and Providence Medical, and is on the Editorial Boards of Spine Deformity, JNS-Sine, and Spine.
: The Scoli-RISK-1 database included patients recruited from 15 specialized centers, nine from North America, three from Europe and three from Asia. Approval for the study was obtained from each site’s ethics board. Informed consent was obtained before enrollment for each patient.