Intraoperative traction in posterior spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of correction, perioperative, and safety outcomes
Background Intraoperative traction is used during posterior spinal fusion or posterior spinal instrumentation for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), but the comparative evidence is still limited and clinically heterogeneous. Previous reviews have also varied in whether they combined preoperative traction, traction...