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Open AccessReliability and validity of the adapted Finnish version of the early onset scoliosis questionnaire (EOSQ-24)
EOSQ-24 is a disease specific patient-reported outcome score used to assess the quality of life in patients with early-onset scoliosis. The aim of this study was to translate and cross-culturally adapt the Eng...
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Open AccessWhy all newborn hip screening programs have same results—a mini review
All newborns are screened for developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH), but countries have varying screening practices. The aim of this narrative mini review is to discuss the controversies of the screening an...
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Open AccessHidden blood loss and bleeding characteristics in children with congenital scoliosis undergoing spinal osteotomies
Spinal osteotomies are often essential in the treatment of congenital scoliosis. Risk factors for bleeding in these patients needing extracavitatory approaches, especially hidden blood loss, are sparsely inves...
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Paediatric syndromic scoliosis: proceedings of the half-day course at the 57th annual meeting of the Scoliosis Research Society
There are some syndromes that present with unique manifestations pertaining to the spinal column. A good working understanding of these common syndromes is useful for the spinal deformity surgeons and related ...
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Open AccessLongitudinal growth of children born with gastroschisis or omphalocele
Normal childhood growth is an indicator of good health, but data addressing the growth of children born with abdominal wall defects (AWDs) are limited. The detailed growth phenotypes of children born with gast...
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Open AccessB-meson hadroproduction in the SACOT-mT scheme
We apply the SACOT-mT general-mass variable flavour number scheme (GM-VFNS) to the inclusive B-meson production in hadronic collisions at next-to-leading order in perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics. In the GM-VF...
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Open AccessComparison of three risk stratification scores in gastroschisis neonates: gastroschisis prognostic score, gastroschisis risk stratification index and complex gastroschisis
The aim of the study was to compare and evaluate the utility of three different risk stratification scores for gastroschisis neonates; simple/complex gastroschisis, gastroschisis prognostic score and risk stra...
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Open AccessHealth-related quality of life after posterior vertebral column resection in children: comparison with healthy controls
Vertebral column resection (VCR) is a technique performed for short, angular spinal deformities. Several studies have reported good radiographic results with VCR regarding curve correction. However, only a few...
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Open AccessPredictors of postoperative urinary retention after posterior spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
To determine predictors for postoperative urinary retention in adolescents undergoing posterior spinal fusion for idiopathic scoliosis. Postoperative urinary retention affects almost every third adolescent aft...
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Open AccessDifferent strategies, equivalent treatment approaches in terms of mortality in four university hospitals: a retrospective multicenter study of gastroschisis in Finland
Optimal treatment of gastroschisis is not determined. The aim of the present study was to investigate treatment methods of gastroschisis in four university hospitals in Finland.
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Open AccessHigh incidence of inguinal hernias among patients with congenital abdominal wall defects: a population-based case–control study
The aim of this nationwide population-based case–control study was to assess the incidence of inguinal hernia (IH) among patients with congenital abdominal wall defects. All infants born with congenital abdomi...
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Open AccessCongenital abdominal wall defects and cryptorchidism: a population-based study
Several studies have reported high prevalence of undescended testis (UDT) among boys with congenital abdominal wall defects (AWD). Due to rarity of AWDs, however, true prevalence of testicular maldescent among...
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Open AccessLong-term hospital admissions and surgical treatment of children with congenital abdominal wall defects: a population-based study
Congenital abdominal wall defects, namely, gastroschisis and omphalocele, are rare congenital malformations with significant morbidity. The long-term burden of these anomalies to families and health care provi...
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Open AccessThe association of perinatal and clinical factors with outcomes in infants with gastroschisis—a retrospective multicenter study in Finland
The aim of the present study was to assess the prognostic factors for the outcome of gastroschisis in Finland. A retrospective multicenter study of gastroschisis patients born between 1993 and 2015 in four Fin...
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Open AccessA QCD analysis of LHCb D-meson data in p+Pb collisions
We scrutinize the recent LHCb data for D0-meson production in p+Pb collisions within a next-to-leading order QCD framework. Our calculations are performed in the SACOT-mT variant of the general-mass variable-flav...
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Similar Deformity Correction, but Limited Spinal Growth and Lower Health Related Quality of Life in Children with Skeletal Dysplasia Undergoing Growth-Friendly Management for Early-Onset Scoliosis. A Matched Comparison with Idiopathic Early-Onset Scoliosis
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Os Odontoideum in Children: Treatment Outcomes and Neurologic Risk Factors
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Open AccessHard diffraction in photoproduction with Pythia 8
We present a new framework for modeling hard diffractive events in photoproduction, implemented in the general purpose event generator Pythia 8. The model is an extension of the model for hard diffraction with dy...
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Surgical and Health Related Quality of Life Outcomes of Growing Rod Graduates for Severe versus Moderate Early-Onset Scoliosis
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Comparative Outcomes of Monthly Versus Three-Monthly Distraction Protocols for Magnetically Controlled Growing Rods
