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Stefan Parent discloses the following, all unrelated to the current work: royalties from EOS imaging; co-founder of Spinologics Inc.; consultancy fees from K2M, Medtronic, and DePuy Synthes Spine; grants from DePuy Synthes Spine, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, Scoliosis Research Society, Medtronic, EOS imaging, Canadian Foundation for Innovation, Setting Scoliosis Straight Foundation, Natural Sciences, Engineering Council of Canada, Fonds de Recherche Qu\u00e9bec\u2014Sant\u00e9, and Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation; fellowship support from DePuy Synthes and Medtronic; Academic Chair in Pediatric Spinal Deformities of CHU Ste-Justine; and member of the speaker bureau of Orthopaediatrics. Firoz Miyanji is a consultant for DePuy Synthes, ZimVie, and Orthopediatrics; receives royalties from Zimvie; and is on the advisory boards of AO Fracture, Tumour, and Deformity Expert Group. Ahmet Alanay receives grants from Medtronic and DePuy, royalties from ZimVie, and is a consultant for Globus and ZimVie. Paul D. Sponseller is a paid consultant and reports intellectual property royalties and research support from DePuy; royalties from Globus Medical; is on the boards of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and the Scoliosis Research Society; receives publishing royalties, financial, or material support from the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery; and receives other financial or material support from Orthopediatrics.","order":2,"name":"Ethics","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Conflict of interest"}},{"value":"This study was approved by the Johns Hopkins Medicine institutional review board (No. CR00042950\/NA_00047982).","order":3,"name":"Ethics","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Ethical approval"}}]}}