Here's a pretty good article regarding treatment options for AIS.
Three interesting items:
1. "Munish Gupta, an orthopedic surgeon at Shriners who provides brace adjustments and advice on improving her balance and flexibility in sports, acknowledges that bracing's effectiveness is still being studied. But, he says, in 20 years of practice his patients have done well with it, avoiding progression in curvature and invasive spinal-fusion surgery."
2. It's sad that only 18 states are checking for scoliosis anymore. That's a shame. That's where this anti-bracing business gets everyone. Curves discovered after it's too late for anything but fusion surgery. Tsk, tsk.
3. Also, they discuss tethering with Dr. Newton at Rady in San Diego and apparently they remove the tether after growth. So that's definitely a bonus. There have only been twenty cases as of this article last year, so it'll be interesting when they put together some study results.
4. Oh wait, four things, lol. A quote from JOB:
"At this point, we still don't know who is going to get scoliosis, why they get it, whether it is going to progress, or how it will progress," says Joseph O'Brien, president of the nonprofit National Scoliosis Foundation.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...255480500.html
Three interesting items:
1. "Munish Gupta, an orthopedic surgeon at Shriners who provides brace adjustments and advice on improving her balance and flexibility in sports, acknowledges that bracing's effectiveness is still being studied. But, he says, in 20 years of practice his patients have done well with it, avoiding progression in curvature and invasive spinal-fusion surgery."
2. It's sad that only 18 states are checking for scoliosis anymore. That's a shame. That's where this anti-bracing business gets everyone. Curves discovered after it's too late for anything but fusion surgery. Tsk, tsk.
3. Also, they discuss tethering with Dr. Newton at Rady in San Diego and apparently they remove the tether after growth. So that's definitely a bonus. There have only been twenty cases as of this article last year, so it'll be interesting when they put together some study results.
4. Oh wait, four things, lol. A quote from JOB:
"At this point, we still don't know who is going to get scoliosis, why they get it, whether it is going to progress, or how it will progress," says Joseph O'Brien, president of the nonprofit National Scoliosis Foundation.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...255480500.html
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