Posterior Spinal Fusion Archives - Michael G. Vitale MD MPH

Anonymous 7 | Juvenile Idiopathic Scoliosis

Posted on January 22, 2024

Patient was a 9 year old when she presented to us but the pediatrician had noticed the scoliosis a few years prior. Her older sister was also a patient of ours who had spondylolisthesis that required surgery followed by a ... Read More

Mia D. | Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Posted on January 22, 2024

Mia is a young woman who came to us at 14 year old as a second opinion. She also had some back pain. She had her growth spurt ahead of her but already had a 54 degree curve. I recommended a posterior spinal fusion. She had a fusion from T4-L3 with plastic surgery closure. Read More

Margaret G. | Early Onset Scoliosis

Posted on December 15, 2023

Margaret came to us as a second opinion at 16 years old. She was originally diagnosed with scoliosis at the age of 5. She had an MRI that showed a chiari malformation and syrinx that required intervention by Dr. Neil ... Read More

Anonymous 1 | Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Posted on October 03, 2023

Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, Selective Thoracic Posterior Spinal Fusion and Instrumentation, Pilates. This is a 22 year old who was diagnosed at the age of 10 and followed by another orthopedist. We met her as another opinion at the age of 22. ... Read More

Rachel M. | Congenital Scoliosis

Posted on August 11, 2022

Congenital Scoliosis, Klippel Feil, VEPTR + Halo Traction + Posterior Spinal Fusion and Instrumentation. This is a now 17 year old who had her last surgery 7 years ago at 10 years of age. We first met her when she was ... Read More

Mathew M. | Neuromuscular Scoliosis

Posted on June 21, 2022

Neuromuscular Scoliosis with underlying diagnosis of SMA, MAGEC insertion followed by a Posterior Spinal Fusion 5 years later. This is an 11 year old who had a MAGEC insertion at 6 years of age in the setting of Spinal Muscular Atrophy ... Read More

Reagan W. | Syndromic Scoliosis