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Keep this study
Lead
Setting Scoliosis Straight Foundation
With
DePuy Spine
Age
0–21
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible 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.
You may not be if
Only patients that have had a pre-op MRI performed as a part of their routine care, should be included in this study.
Previous operated Kyphosis, Scoliosis or Spondylolisthesis
