Emerging S-shaped curves in congenital scoliosis after hemivertebra resection and short segmental fusion

Background Context Posterior hemivertebra resection with short fusion has gradually become the mainstream treatment for the congenital scoliosis due to single fully segmented hemivertebra. A kind of unexpected emerging S-shaped scoliosis was found secondary to this surgery, and that has not been reported yet. Purpose The aim of the present study was to analyze the possible pathogenesis, clinical feature, and treatment of the emerging S-shaped...