*Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
**Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
†Edwards Life Sciences, Irvine, CA
‡St. Justine’s Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
§Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, TX
∥Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
¶Columbia University, New York, NY
#Children’s Hospital, Aurora, CO
IRB approval was obtained for this study.
No funding was received for this study.
M.A.E.: previous support for travel to meetings from Medtronic, board membership POSNA, payment for lectures from Biomet. A.N.L.: research funding from OREF, SRS, and NIH. C.G.T.L.: research funding from Medtronic, OREF, DOD, SRS. D.W.P: research funding from OREF, DOD; board membership SRS. J.B.E.: board membership J. Children’s Orthopeds; consultancy and royalties—Medtronic, Depuy/Synthes spine. M.T.H.: previous support for travel to meetings from Medtronic and SRS, consultancy Depuy Spine. D.J.S: research funding from Medtronic, board membership SRS, grants from University of Minnesota, POSNA, DOD, Harms Children’s Specialist Foundation, University of Washington at St. Louis, AAOS YOC, OREF; royalties from Tachdjian’s Pediatric Orthopedics, 5th edition. M.G.V: board membership at POSNA, IPOS; consultancy from Stryker, Biomet; research funding from SRS, POSNA, OREF; royalties from Biomet; travel expenses from Children’s Spine Study Group, Fox Study group. Spinal Deformity Study Group: research funding from Medtronic. The remaining authors declare no conflict of interest.
Reprints: David W. Polly Jr, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454. E-mail: [email protected].
