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Objective:To explore the early outcomes surgical treatment with growing rod for idiopathic early-onset scoliosis (IEOS).Methods:Data of 11 patients with IEOS who had surgical treatment from February 2017 to December 2018 were retrospectively analyzed. There were 4 males and 7 females aged 6.45±1.63 at the time of the first operation, with preoperative Cobb angle of 74.74°±6.48° (range, 66.12°-87.85°). The imaging data and clinical data before operation, after operation instantly, 1 month after operation, 1 year after operation and 2 years after operation, and surgical-related complications were analyzed and recorded.Results:All the 11 patients were followed up for 28.82±4.77 months. The Cobb angle was 74.74°±6.48° before the initial implantation of internal fixation, and decreased to 30.30°±4.04° immediately after the operation, 30.39°±4.49° 1 month after the operation, 26.93°±3.09° 1 year after the operation, and 28.36°±2.98° 2 years after the operation. The correction rate was 61.82%±4.85% 2 years after operation. The height of T 1-T 12 thoracic vertebra was 13.69±2.05 cm before surgery, and increased to 20.74±3.10 cm immediately after surgery, and was 20.85±3.62 cm 1 month after surgery, 21.49±3.56 cm 1 year after surgery, and 22.54±3.63 cm 2 years after surgery. The height of T 1-S 1 vertebral body was 24.21±3.20 cm before surgery, and increased to 31.04±3.79 cm immediately after surgery, and was 30.85±3.64 cm 1 month after surgery, 32.91±3.24 cm 1 year after surgery, and 34.46±3.28 cm 2 years after surgery. Preoperative apical vertebral translation (AVT) was 7.45±2.00 cm before the initial operation, and shortened to 2.04±0.67 cm immediately after the operation, 2.07±0.70 cm 1 month after the operation, 2.24±0.57 cm 1 year after the operation, and 2.11±0.82 cm 2 years after the operation. There were statistically significant differences in the above indexes before surgery, 1 month after surgery, 1 year after surgery and 2 years after surgery. Compared with preoperation, pulmonary function FEV1 and FVC increased to 1.28±0.13 L and 1.49±0.10 L, respectively, 1 year after surgery, and 1.34±0.13 L and 1.54±0.12 L, respectively, 2 years after surgery. Pulmonary function was significantly improved 1 year after surgery, and pulmonary FVC was positively correlated with T 1-T 12 thoracic vertebral height ( r=0.838, P< 0.001). 13 complications were found in the 11 patients, including 2 cases of proximal screws loosening, 1 case of proximal junction kyphosis, 1 case of titanium rod fracture, 3 cases of skin swelling cause by internal fixation, and 6 cases of subcutaneous effusion, with good results after timely treatment. Conclusion:The traditional growing rod can effectively control the progression of deformity in patients with IEOS, maintain the growth and development of trunk, and promote the development and maturation of lung function.
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OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the effects of continuous pumping of teriparatide (TPTD) on bone metabolism in ovariectomized and normal mice and provide experimental evidence for the selection of animal models for studying the effects of TPTD and its related peptides on osteoclasts.@*METHODS@#Twenty-four female C57BL mice (6-weeks old) were subjected to ovariectomy (OVX) or sham operation followed 7 days later by continuous pumping of TPTD or the solvent vehicle (VEH) a micropump (SHAM-VEH, SHAM-TPTD, OVX-VEH, and OVX-TPTD groups; =6). Two weeks later, the tibial and femoral bones were harvested for micro-CT scanning to measure the parameters of the tibia and the femoral cortical bone. Histopathological examinations of the tibial tissue were conducted using HE staining and TRAP staining and the number of osteoclasts and the growth plate thickness were determined. The serum Ca2 + levels of the mice were measured. The primary osteoblasts from the cranial bone were treated with estradiol (E2) and TPTD for 48 h, and the expressions of β-catenin and RANKL protein in the cells were analyzed.@*RESULTS@#The trabecular bone mass of OVX mice was significantly lower than that of sham-operated mice ( < 0.05). Continuous TPTD pumping significantly reduced tibial cancellous bone mass and femoral cortical bone area in the sham-operated mice, while in the castrated mice, TPTD pumping increased the cancellous bone mass without changing the cortical bone area. TRAP staining showed that cancellous osteoblasts in the tibia increased significantly in the castrated mice as compared with the sham-operated mice, and TPTD pumping significantly increased the number of cancellous osteoblasts in the sham-operated mice ( < 0.05). In the primary cultured osteoblasts, treatment with both E2 and TPTD obviously lowered the expression of β-catenin and increased the expression of RANKL as compared with TPTD treatment alone.@*CONCLUSIONS@#Continuous pumping of TPTD promotes bone resorption in normal mice but does not produce obvious bone resorption effect in the ovariectomized mice, suggesting that castrated mice are not suitable models for studying the effect of TPTD and the related peptides on the osteoclasts.