Submitted on Wednesday 11th September 2019
Published on Thursday 19th September 2019
Current status: Closed
Closed: Wednesday 6th November 2019
Signatures: 793
Make Vertebral Body Tethering (VBT) available on the NHS.
Currently in the UK the recognised NHS treatment for patients with severe scoliosis is a major operation known as spinal fusion.
Vertebral Body Tethering is an innovative and ground-breaking alternative surgery, which is only available in the UK via private funding and the costs are substantial.
VBT has advanced much more quickly in Germany and the USA. Recent developments include the procedure receiving approval by the FDA in America https://www.mddionline.com/fda-approval-sets-stage-helping-thousands-kids-scoliosis and acknowledgement by the British Scoliosis Society as a potential future treatment here in the UK
http://www.bsrf.co.uk/bsrf-research/vertebral-body-tethering-position-statement.
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