Recent advances in the surgical management of congenital scoliosis in children

Vertebral malformation is the most common cause of early onset scoliosis in children. Due to huge spinal deformity occurring in very young children, the surgical treatment remains extremely challenging. Technical limits made that these children were usually treated conservatively, leading to bad functional outcomes in adulthood. Furthermore, it is now largely known that, if left untreated, large congenital spinal deformity leads to major...