Prospective Study of Scheuermann's Kyphosis

Completed

Conditions studied: Scheuermann's Kyphosis

In brief

The purpose of this study to determine the radiographic and clinical outcomes of spinal deformity surgical treatment in patients with Scheuermann's Kyphosis.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00738309

Run by

Setting Scoliosis Straight Foundation

People needed

147

Starts

2006-05-01

Expected to finish

2013-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-04-19

Who can join

Age: any, up to 21. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patient age < 21 years
• Male or female
• Diagnosis of classical Scheuermann's Kyphosis (3 successive vertebrae wedged 5 degrees or more, +/- end plate deformities) or idiopathic structural Kyphosis (rigid structural kyphosis without classic Scheuermann's Kyphosis findings).
• for which surgical treatment is recommended to prevent progression of the curvature or to correct trunk deformity (unacceptable cosmesis) - any deformity magnitude.
• OR
• for which surgical treatment is not being undertaken (and alternate treatment, i.e. bracing, or observation) is being pursued for any curve magnitude of clinical concerns of Scheuermann's Kyphosis.
• Inclusion Criteria for Anterior Release (for those surgeons performing anterior release surgery): Deformity magnitude = any degree and any other criteria defined by the individual surgeon.
• Posterior disc herniation is not an exclusion criteria from being in the study, only from being in the Posterior surgery group - these patients will be defaulted to Ant/Post Surgery.
• Only patients that have had a pre-op MRI performed as a part of their routine care, should be included in this study.

You may not qualify if…

• Previous operated Kyphosis, Scoliosis or Spondylolisthesis
• Neuromuscular co-morbidity
• Post laminectomy kyphosis

Where it is running

• UC Davis — Sacramento, California, United States
• Rady Children's Hospital — San Diego, California, United States
• A.I. DePont Hospital for Children — Wilmington, Delaware, United States
• Miami Children's Hospital — Miami, Florida, United States
• John's Hopkins Medical Institute — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• University Physicians — Camden, New Jersey, United States
• Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH — Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
• Shriners Hospital for Children — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Rehabilitationskrankenhaus Lagensteinbach — Lagensteinbach, Karlsbad, Germany

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