Nonsurgical Management of Early-onset Scoliosis.
J Am Acad Orthop Surg
; 23(9): 519-28, 2015 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
Early-onset scoliosis is potentially fatal if left untreated. Although surgical management with growing instrumentation may be necessary, this is not a panacea and is associated with high complication rates. Recent evidence has demonstrated that nonsurgical treatment can be an effective early management strategy in delaying or even precluding the need for surgery, especially surgery with growing instrumentation. The goal of both nonsurgical and surgical management is to control or correct the spinal curve to allow appropriate pulmonary development while delaying definitive fusion until an appropriate skeletal age. Although more commonly used to delay surgery, serial cast correction using the Cotrel and Morel elongation-derotation-flexion technique may result in complete correction in patients with infantile idiopathic scoliosis and smaller curve magnitudes.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Escoliosis
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Procedimientos Ortopédicos
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
Límite:
Child
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Humans
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En
Revista:
J Am Acad Orthop Surg
Asunto de la revista:
ORTOPEDIA
Año:
2015
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Article