2001 Radiologic Findings and Curve Progression 22 Years After Treatment for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Medscape

Description: Orthopaedics, June 2001 Journal Scan Review of article from Spine March 2001 (Volume 26, Number 5)
Radiologic Findings and Curve Progression 22 Years After Treatment for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Comparison of Brace and Surgical Treatment With Matching Control Group of Straight Individuals
Danielsson AJ, Nachemson AL Spine. 2001;26(5):516-525
This article follows a consecutive series of patients treated for scoliosis between 1968 and 1977. One hundred thirty nine patients were surgically treated and 109 were brace-treated. The follow-up rates were very high at 89% and 86%, respectively, at an average follow-up period of 22-years. Treated patients were compared with a group of age- and sex-matched individuals without scoliosis. This article reports the radiologic results; functional and back pain evaluations will be published later.