A fusionless method of treating spinal deformities in the spine of a child or young adult involves attaching a tether to vertebral bodies on the convex side of the spine. Deformities are treated by using the tether to selectively constrain growth in a portion of the convex side of the spine. One device...http://www.google.ca/patents/US6296643?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6296643 - Device for the correction of spinal deformities through vertebral body tethering without fusion
