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Ron El-Hawary reports the following: Children\u2019s Spine Foundation: Board or committee member. DePuy, A Johnson & Johnson Company: Paid consultant; Research support. Medtronic: Paid consultant; Research support. Orthopediatrics: Paid consultant; Paid presenter or speaker; Stock or stock Options. Pediatric Spine Study Group: Board or committee member. Scoliosis Research Society: Board or committee member. Springer: Publishing royalties, financial or material support. Zimmer: Research support. Outside the submitted work. Kevin Morash: no relevant relationships to disclose.\n                      Michael Vitale\n                      reports the following: Biomet: IP royalties; Paid consultant Childrens Spine Foundation: Board or committee member; Research support FOX, Children\u2019s Spine Foundation: Other financial or material support; Globus Medical: Paid consultant; IPOS: Board or committee member; Nuvasive: Paid consultant; OREF: Research support; Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America: Board or committee member; Project for Safety in Spine Surgery: Board or committee member; SRS, POSNA, OSRF: Research support; Stryker: Paid consultant.\n                      John Smith\n                      reports the following: Board of Directors, Children\u2019s Spine Foundation: Editorial or governing board; Children\u2019s Spine Foundation: Board or committee member; Globus Medical: IP royalties; Wishbone: Paid consultant; Zimmer: Paid consultant.\n                      Amer Samdani\n                      reports the following: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.: Type: Other Professional Activities; Medtronic: Type: Other Professional Activities; Globus Medical, Inc.: Type: Other Professional Activities; Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.: Type: Other Professional Activities; Ethicon Endo-Surgery: Type: Other Professional Activities; MiRus, LLC: Type: Other Professional Activities. Pediatric Spine Study Group reports grants from DePuy Synthes Spine, grants from Medtronic, grants from NuVasive, grants from Globus Medical Inc., grants from OrthoPediatrics, grants from Zimmer Biomet, grants from Pediatric Spine Foundation, grants from Stryker, outside the submitted work. 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