*Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
†Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, New York, NY
‡Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
No funding was received to assist with the preparation of this manuscript.
This study was approved by the Columbia University Institutional Review Board (Protocol AAAS9597) 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 retrospective chart review and does not require patient participation since all data has already been collected during routine clinical care. There is no potential to adversely affect the rights or welfare of subjects since this is a chart review, with no intervention being tested. The data are already existent in the patient’s charts, and the collection of this information does not affect previous or future care by providers.
B.D.R. has received grants from the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America and the Orthopedic Science Research Foundation. M.G.V. has received grants from the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, Orthopedic Science Research Foundation, Pediatric Spine Foundation, and Setting Scoliosis Straight Foundation. He has received royalties from Biomet. He is a paid consultant for Stryker, Biomet, and NuVasive. M.G.V. is on the Board of Directors of the 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. The remaining authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Reprints: Christina C. Rymond, BA, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Christina Rymond, 3959 Broadway, Chony 8-N, New York, NY 10032-3784. E-mail: [email protected].
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