2002 Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Medscape

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Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
from Medscape Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Posted 09/20/2002 Gerard K. Jeong, MD; Thomas J. Errico, MD
Introduction Scoliosis is defined as a spinal curvature in the coronal plane greater than 10° as measured by the Cobb method. However, scoliosis is a deformity that generally occurs in not only the coronal, but also the sagittal and transverse planes. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis represents a subset of idiopathic scoliosis, which is categorized by the age of onset. By definition, the etiology of infantile (0-3 years old), juvenile (4-10 years old), and adolescent (> 10 years old) idiopathic scoliosis is unknown.