FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY IN ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS DURING THE POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD

Are routine postoperative X-Rays justified in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis?

Results Records from 43 patients (mean age 16.5 years, 93% women) were evaluated. A total of 414 (212 posteroanterior, 202 lateral) full-spine X-rays (9.6/patient) were performed during the first 2 postoperative years: 392 were available for analysis, and 391 had an associated clinical note. Excluding the 89 immediate postoperative films, only 48 of 325 (14.8%) were clinically justified: pain i...

Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

BACKGROUND Scoliosis refers to deviation of spine greater than 10 degrees in the coronal plane. Idiopathic Scoliosis is the most common spinal deformity that develops in otherwise healthy children. The sub types of scoliosis are based on the age of the child at presentation. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) by definition occurs in children over the age of 10 years until skeletal maturity. ...

Assessment of Coronal Radiographic Parameters of the Spine in the Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

  Background: To determine the most important preoperative factors that affect postoperative coronal parameters of scoliotic curves.   Methods: All Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) patients included in the study were classified according to Lenke and King Classification. The fusion levels were selected according to the rigidity of the existing curves (correction less than 50%), tilt...

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and osteopenia).

INTRODUCTION Generalized low bone mass and osteopenia in both axial and peripheral skeleton in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) have been reported in literature. However, the exact mechanisms and causes of the bone loss in AIS are not identified yet. OBJECTIVE Therefore, this study examined the relationship between AIS and bone loss represented by: serum concentration of soluble receptor...