*Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
†Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
‡Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX
§Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
∥Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Primary Children’s Hospital, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
¶Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD
#Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
The Pediatric Spine Study Group collaborators are listed in the Appendix.
None of the authors received financial support for this study.
J.T.B. has received consulting fees from Depuy Synthes, Medtronic, and OrthoPediatrics. P.J.C. has received research grants from the Setting Scoliosis Straight Foundation and the Children’s Spine Study Group, has a patent for dynamic lung magnetic resonance imaging, and is a board or committee member of the Scoliosis Research Society, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery American, Spine Deformity, and the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America. J.T.S. has received royalties from Globus, has a patent for a hydraulic growing rod, and is a board member of the Pediatric Spine Study Group. P.D.S. has received a grant from Ipsen, has received royalties from Globus, has received consulting fees from Depuy Synthes, and has received payment for lectures from NuVasive. P.F.S. has received consulting fees from NuVasive, is a board or committee member of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, the Scoliosis Research Society, and Journal of Children’s Orthopaedics, and has stock or stock options from Green Sun Medical. Y.L. has received a research grant from the Scoliosis Research Society, has received consulting fees from Medtronic, has received support for attending an educational event from Zimmer, and is a committee member of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America and the Scoliosis Research Society. The Pediatric Spine Study Group has received research grants from Boston Orthotics and Prosthetics, Depuy Synthes Spine, Globus Medical, Medtronic, NuVasive, nView Medical, OrthoPediatrics, Pacira, the Pediatric Spine Foundation, Stryker, and Zimmer Biomet. The remaining authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Reprints: Ying Li, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, 1540 E. Hospital Drive, SPC 4241, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-4241. E-mail: [email protected].
