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The Coronavirus Disease 2019 Rebound Study: A Prospective Cohort Study to Evaluate Viral and Symptom Rebound Differences in Participants Treated With Nirmatrelvir Plus Ritonavir Versus Untreated Controls by Pandit, Jay A, Radin, Jennifer M, Chiang, Danielle C, Spencer, Emily G, Pawelek, Jeff B, Diwan, Mira, Roumani, Leila, Mina, Michael J

“…Abstract Background The uptake of nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir (NPR) in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been limited by concerns around…”
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Innovation in Growing Rod Technique: A Study of Safety and Efficacy of a Magnetically Controlled Growing Rod in a Porcine Model by AKBARNIA, Behrooz A, MUNDIS, Gregory M, SALARI, Pooria, YASZAY, Burt, PAWELEK, Jeff B

“…STUDY DESIGN.: Prospective in vivo randomized study. OBJECTIVE.: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of a distraction-based magnetically controlled growing rod…”
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Preservation of Thoracic Kyphosis Is Critical to Maintain Lumbar Lordosis in the Surgical Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis by NEWTON, Peter O, YASZAY, Burt, UPASANI, Vidyadhar V, PAWELEK, Jeff B, BASTROM, Tracey P, LENKE, Lawrence G, LOWE, Thomas, CRAWFORD, Alvin, BETZ, Randal, LONNER, Baron

“…Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected multicenter series. To evaluate the sagittal profile of surgically treated adolescent idiopathic scoliosis…”
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Deep Surgical Site Infection Following 2344 Growing-Rod Procedures for Early-Onset Scoliosis by Kabirian, Nima, Akbarnia, Behrooz A, Pawelek, Jeff B, Alam, Milad, Mundis, Gregory M, Acacio, Ricardo, Thompson, George H, Marks, David S, Gardner, Adrian, Sponseller, Paul D, Skaggs, David L

“…Background:Deep surgical site infection may change the course of growing-rod treatment of early-onset scoliosis. Our goal was to assess the effect of this…”
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Avoidance of “Final” Surgical Fusion After Growing-Rod Treatment for Early-Onset Scoliosis by Jain, Amit, Sponseller, Paul D., Flynn, John M., Shah, Suken A., Thompson, George H., Emans, John B., Pawelek, Jeff B., Akbarnia, Behrooz A.

“…Definitive "final" surgical fusion is the common end point for growing-rod treatment of early-onset scoliosis. However, final surgical fusion may be…”
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Deep Surgical Site Infection Following 2344 Growing-Rod Procedures for Early-Onset Scoliosis: Risk Factors and Clinical Consequences by Kabirian, Nima, Akbarnia, Behrooz A, Pawelek, Jeff B, Alam, Milad, Mundis, Gregory M, Acacio, Ricardo, Thompson, George H, Marks, David S, Gardner, Adrian, Sponseller, Paul D, Skaggs, David L

“…BACKGROUND:Deep surgical site infection may change the course of growing-rod treatment of early-onset scoliosis. Our goal was to assess the effect of this…”
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Risk Factors for Reoperation Following Final Fusion After the Treatment of Early-Onset Scoliosis with Traditional Growing Rods by Du, Jerry Y., Poe-Kochert, Connie, Thompson, George H., Hardesty, Christina K., Pawelek, Jeff B., Flynn, John M., Emans, John B.

“…BACKGROUND:Although there is a high rate of reoperation after final fusion following the treatment of early-onset scoliosis with use of traditional growing…”
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Growing-Rod Graduates: Lessons Learned from Ninety-nine Patients Who Completed Lengthening by Flynn, John M, Tomlinson, Lauren A, Pawelek, Jeff, Thompson, George H, McCarthy, Richard, Akbarnia, Behrooz A

“…BACKGROUND:Growing-rod spinal instrumentation systems are a valuable tool for managing severe early-onset scoliosis. There is little information about the end…”
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Surgical and Health-related Quality-of-Life Outcomes of Growing Rod “Graduates” With Severe versus Moderate Early-onset Scoliosis by Helenius, Ilkka J., Sponseller, Paul D., McClung, Anna, Pawelek, Jeff B., Yazici, Muharrem, Emans, John B., Thompson, George H., Johnston, Charles E., Shah, Suken A., Akbarnia, Behrooz A.

“…STUDY DESIGN.A retrospective review of a prospective, multicenter database. OBJECTIVE.The aim of this study was to compare surgical and quality-of-life…”
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Early Onset Scoliosis: Is there an Improvement in Quality of Life With Conversion From Traditional Growing Rods to Magnetically Controlled Growing Rods? by Bauer, Jennifer M, Yorgova, Petya, Neiss, Geraldine, Rogers, Kenneth, Sturm, Peter F, Sponseller, Paul D, Luhmann, Scott, Pawelek, Jeff B, Shah, Suken A

“…BACKGROUND:Modern treatment of early onset scoliosis (EOS) includes implantation of traditional growing rods (TGR) or magnetically controlled growing rods…”
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The hospital at home in the USA: current status and future prospects by Pandit, Jay A., Pawelek, Jeff B., Leff, Bruce, Topol, Eric J.

“…The annual cost of hospital care services in the US has risen to over $1 trillion despite relatively worse health outcomes compared to similar nations. These…”
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Final Fusion After Growing-Rod Treatment for Early Onset Scoliosis: Is It Really Final? by Poe-Kochert, Connie, Shannon, Claire, Pawelek, Jeff B., Thompson, George H., Hardesty, Christina K., Marks, David S., Akbarnia, Behrooz A., McCarthy, Richard E., Emans, John B.

“…Final fusion is thought to be the end point for patients with early onset scoliosis following treatment with the use of growing rods. But is it? The purpose of…”
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Idiopathic Early-onset Scoliosis: Growing Rods Versus Vertically Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Ribs at 5-year Follow-up by Bachabi, Malick, McClung, Anna, Pawelek, Jeff B., El Hawary, Ron, Thompson, George H., Smith, John T., Vitale, Michael G., Akbarnia, Behrooz A., Sponseller, Paul D.

“…BACKGROUND:Distraction-based techniques allow spinal growth until skeletal maturity while preventing curve progression. METHODS:Two multicenter early-onset…”
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Self-Reported Medication Use Across Racial and Rural or Urban Subgroups of People Who Are Pregnant in the United States: Decentralized App-Based Cohort Study by Ajayi, Toluwalase, Pawelek, Jeff, Bhargava, Hansa, Faksh, Arij, Radin, Jennifer

“…Maternal health outcomes have been underresearched due to people who are pregnant being underrepresented or excluded from studies based on their status as a…”
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Best Practice Guidelines for Surgical Site Infection Prevention With Surgical Treatment of Early Onset Scoliosis by Glotzbecker, Michael P, St Hilaire, Tricia A, Pawelek, Jeff B, Thompson, George H, Vitale, Michael G

“…Postoperative surgical site infection (SSI) is unfortunately a commonly encountered complication in the surgical treatment of children with Early Onset…”
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The Effect of Serial Growing Rod Lengthening on the Sagittal Profile and Pelvic Parameters in Early-Onset Scoliosis by Shah, Suken A, Karatas, Ali F, Dhawale, Arjun A, Dede, Ozgur, Mundis, Gregory M, Holmes, Laurens, Yorgova, Petya, Neiss, Geraldine, Johnston, Charles E, Emans, John B, Thompson, George H, Pawelek, Jeff B, Akbarnia, Behrooz A

“…STUDY DESIGN.Retrospective case series. OBJECTIVE.To report the effect of repeated growing rod (GR) lengthenings on the sagittal and pelvic profile in patients…”
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Prevalence of junctional kyphosis in early-onset scoliosis: can it be corrected at final fusion? by Cobanoglu, Mutlu, Yorgova, Petya, Neiss, Geraldine, Pawelek, Jeff B., Thompson, George H., Skaggs, David L., Jain, Viral V., Akbarnia, Behrooz A., Shah, Suken A.

“…Purpose To investigate the risk and predictive factors of junctional issues after conversion from Traditional growing rod (TGR) to definitive spinal fusion in…”
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Treatment of Early-onset Scoliosis: Similar Outcomes Despite Different Etiologic Subtypes in Traditional Growing Rod Graduates by Akbarnia, Behrooz A., Pawelek, Jeff B., Hosseini, Pooria, Salari, Pooria, Kabirian, Nima, Marks, David, Shah, Suken A., Skaggs, David L., Emans, John B., Elsebaie, Hazem, Thompson, George H., Sponseller, Paul D.

“…It is unclear whether traditional growing rod (TGR) treatment outcomes vary by early-onset scoliosis (EOS) subtype. The goal of this study was to compare…”
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Idiopathic Early-onset Scoliosis: Growing Rods Versus Vertically Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Ribs at 5-year Follow-up by Bachabi, Malick, McClung, Anna, Pawelek, Jeff B, El Hawary, Ron, Thompson, George H, Smith, John T, Vitale, Michael G, Akbarnia, Behrooz A, Sponseller, Paul D

“…Distraction-based techniques allow spinal growth until skeletal maturity while preventing curve progression. Two multicenter early-onset scoliosis databases…”
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Is spinal height gain associated with rod orientation and the use of cross-links in magnetically controlled growing rods in early-onset scoliosis? by Hosseini, Pooria, Akbarnia, Behrooz A., Pawelek, Jeff B., Tran, Stacie, Zhang, Justin, Johnston, Charles E., Shah, Suken A., Emans, John B., Mundis, Gregory M., Yaszay, Burt, Samdani, Amer F., Sponseller, Paul D., Sturm, Peter F.

“…Optimal orientation for magnetically controlled growing rods (MCGRs) is unclear. The objective of this study was to investigate associations of rod orientation…”
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