Idiopathic ScoliosisUseful web links

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• Curvy Girls (2022) Scoliosis Support Groups. 
• Gillette Children’s (2024) Answering Common Questions About Scoliosis Bracing for Kids and Teens. 
• Scoliosis-Us 

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• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (2016) FDA Review Results in New Warnings About Using General Anesthetics and Sedation Drugs in Young Children and Pregnant Women.  
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (2017) FDA Approves Label Changes for Use of General Anesthetic and Sedation Drugs in Young Children. 
• Society for Pediatric Anesthesia 

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• Barcelona Scoliosis Physical Therapy School

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Section 4.1

• Gillette Children’s (2024) Scoliosis Surgery.

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• Gillette Children’s (2024) Preparing for Surgery.

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• American Society of Anesthesiologists (2023) Anesthesia Risks.

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• Gov.UK (2021) Targeted Communication: CE Mark Suspended for All MAGEC Systems Manufactured by NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. 
• Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (2020) NuVasive Urgent Field Safety Notice:  MAGEC® System.

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• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (2019) Humanitarian Device Exemption Page for The Tether™ - Vertebral Body Tethering System.  
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (2022) Medical Products for Rare Diseases and Conditions.
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (2023) Humanitarian Use Device (HUD) Designation Program.
• Gillette Children’s (2024) Vertebral Body Tethering. 

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• Gillette Children’s (2024) Managing your Child’s Pain at Home after Surgery.

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• Gillette Children’s (2024) Halo Gravity Traction.

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• Scoliosis Research Society (2023) Conditions of the Aging Spine. 
• Scoliosis Research Society (2023) Congenital Scoliosis. 
• Got Transition®
•  Family Voices (2024) National Health Care Transition Resource Center. 
• Got Transition® (2024) Health Care Transition Timeline. 

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