Idiopathic scoliosis

Is Idiopathic Scoliosis Idiopathic?

Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) is the most common form of Idiopathic Scoliosis (IS) with a prevalence of 3% 5.2% among children [1]. Disease progression and sequelae depend on the location, severity, and rate of progression of the curve. Curves tend to progress most rapidly during growth phases [1,2]. Treatments and are focused on early bracing to stem curve progression and surgical curv...

Idiopathic scoliosis.

Scoliosis refers to curves exceeding 10 degrees observed through posterioanterior direct radiography. In fact, the diagnosis for idiopathic scoliosis is accepted to exclude already available causes. The aim of this paper was to review the etiopathogenesis, classification systems and the treatment management of idiopathic scoliosis. A search in the National Library of Medicine (Pubmed) database ...

Progression in Idiopathic Scoliosis

G. C. Lloyd-Roberts, M.Chir., F.R.C.S., Orthopaedic Surgeon, The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH, England. John R. Pincott, MB., B.S., M.R.C.Path., Senior Lecturer in Histopathology at the Institute of Child Health, Guilford Street, London WC1N 1 EH, England. Peter McMeniman, F.R.C.S., 386 Ferguson Road, Norman Park, Brisbane, Australia. I. J. L. Bayley, F.R.C.S...

Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Pathogenesis of Idiopathic Scoliosis

28 A clear understanding of the pathogenesis of idiopathic scoliosis is essential to appreciating its clinical behavior. Although epidemiological surveys have shown an enormous number of children with minor coronal-plane deformities of the spine, only a relatively small number show evidence of progressive idiopathic scoliosis, which means that other factors must be superimposed to make a deform...