I thought this was interesting even though it's seven years old. It follows patients natural histories when untreated vs. the history of those treated with older (obviously) and some newer methods. It also talks about bracing efficacy and acknowledges controversy, but cites successes with it as well. It seems we aren't at risk of actually dying until we hit well over 100*, although lung function decreases at an incredibly low curve magnitude, amazing! Pain is another issue, however. I also found it interesting that the author's cite 30* as the curve progression threshhold while admitting that 50* was the usual surgical trigger for adolescents. What? Why?
http://www.scoliosisjournal.com/content/1/1/2
http://www.scoliosisjournal.com/content/1/1/2
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