PMC9682117_01
A 6-years-old girl with a hemivertebra in L5 and a curve L1-L5 (S1), with urinary malformation associated, treated with the Milwaukee brace in the first years and then the PASB.
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F1
In particular, we noted that the vertebrae adjacent to the hemivertebra were hypertrophied (Figure 1).
A 10-years-old female with a hemivertebra in L2 and a T11-L4 (L5 sacralized) curve treated with the Boston brace for first year and then the PASB.
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F2
At the weaning, the curve was 45  Cobb and at 19 years of follow-up, the curve was not evolving further (Figure 2).
A 3-years-old male with a hemivertebra in L3 (in a 6 lumbar body) and a T12-L4 curve treated conservatively the PASB.
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F3
After 5 years of further follow-up, the curve was not evolving and the vertebrae adjacent to the hemivertebra, similar to the first case, were hypertrophied (Figure 3).