• Eur Spine J · Apr 2022

    Motion preservation surgery for scoliosis with a vertebral body tethering system: a biomechanical study.

    • Luis Fernando Nicolini, Philipp Kobbe, Jana Seggewiß, Johannes Greven, Marx Ribeiro, Agnes Beckmann, Stephanie Da Paz, Jörg Eschweiler, Andreas Prescher, Bernd Markert, Marcus Stoffel, Frank Hildebrand, and Per D Trobisch.
    • Department for Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Pauwelsstr. 30, Steppenbergallee 201, 52074, Aachen, Germany. lfernandonicolini@gmail.com.
    • Eur Spine J. 2022 Apr 1; 31 (4): 1013-1021.

    PurposeThere is a paucity of studies on new vertebral body tethering (VBT) surgical constructs especially regarding their potentially motion-preserving ability. This study analyses their effects on the ROM of the spine.MethodsHuman spines (T10-L3) were tested under pure moment in four different conditions: (1) native, (2) instrumented with one tether continuously connected in all vertebrae from T10 to L3, (3) additional instrumented with a second tether continuously connected in all vertebrae from T11 to L3, and (4) instrumented with one tether and one titanium rod (hybrid) attached to T12, L1 and L2. The instrumentation was inserted in the left lateral side. The intersegmental ROM was evaluated using a magnetic tracking system, and the medians were analysed. Please check and confirm the author names and initials are correct. Also, kindly confirm the details in the metadata are correct. The mentioned information is correct RESULTS: Compared to the native spine, the instrumented spine presented a reduction of less than 13% in global ROM considering flexion-extension and axial rotation. For left lateral bending, the median global ROM of the native spine (100%) significantly reduced to 74.6%, 66.4%, and 68.1% after testing one tether, two tethers and the hybrid construction, respectively. In these cases, the L1-L2 ROM was reduced to 68.3%, 58.5%, and 38.3%, respectively. In right lateral bending, the normalized global ROM of the spine with one tether, two tethers and the hybrid construction was 58.9%, 54.0%, and 56.6%, respectively. Considering the same order, the normalized L1-L2 ROM was 64.3%, 49.9%, and 35.3%, respectively.ConclusionThe investigated VBT techniques preserved global ROM of the spine in flexion-extension and axial rotation while reduced the ROM in lateral bending.© 2021. The Author(s).

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