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We calculated each segment\u2019s screw angulation rate of change (degrees\/month) and each patient\u2019s height velocity (cm\/month) between each of the visits (3 to 12 visits\/patient) and divided the visits into 4 groups by postoperative duration (&lt;1 year, 1 to 2 years, &gt;2 to 3 years, &gt;3 years). Patients were divided into 2 groups according to the preoperative Sanders stage. Generalized estimating equations and repeated-measures correlation were utilized for analyses with non-independent samples.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We analyzed 23 patients (16 female, 7 male) with a mean age (and standard deviation) of 12.2 \u00b1 1.6 years who had right thoracic idiopathic scoliosis (mean, 53\u00b0 \u00b1 8\u00b0). All patients were immature at the time of surgery (Risser stage 0 or 1, Sanders stage 2 or 3). The mean duration of follow-up was 3.4 \u00b1 1.1 years (range, 2 to 5 years). The rate of change for each segment\u2019s screw angulation after anterior spinal growth tethering was \u22120.16\u00b0, \u22120.14\u00b0, \u22120.05\u00b0, and 0.03\u00b0 per month (with negative values indicating a reduction in scoliosis) for &lt;1 year, 1 to 2 years, &gt;2 to 3 years, and &gt;3 years, respectively (p \u2264 0.001), and the mean height velocity was 0.65, 0.57, 0.30, and 0.19 cm per month for &lt;1 year, 1 to 2 years, &gt;2 to 3 years, and &gt;3 years, respectively (p &lt; 0.001). Changes in screw angulation correlated with height increases after anterior spinal growth tethering (r = \u22120.46, p &lt; 0.001). Scoliosis correction for patients in the Sanders stage-2 group continued for 3 years (0.23\u00b0, 0.23\u00b0, and 0.09\u00b0 per level per month for the first 3 years, respectively) and occurred at more than twice the rate for patients in the Sanders stage-3 group, for whom scoliosis correction ceased 2 years postoperatively (0.11\u00b0 and 0.09\u00b0 per level per month for the first 2 years, respectively).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Scoliosis correction was associated with overall height changes and occurred primarily within 2 to 3 years after surgery in this cohort of largely Risser stage-0 patients. The correction rate was 2.8\u00b0 per segment per year for the first 2 years in the Sanders stage-2 group, compared with 1.2\u00b0 per segment per year for the Sanders stage-3 group. Surgical timing that considers the patient\u2019s skeletal maturity is an important factor in generating proper postoperative correction after anterior spinal growth tethering.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Level of Evidence:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Prognostic\n                      <jats:underline>Level III<\/jats:underline>\n                      . 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