Bracing for juvenile idiopathic scoliosis: retrospective review from bracing to skeletal maturity.

Amanda T WhitakerMichael Timothy HreskoPatricia E MillerBram P VerhofsteAlexandra BelingJohn B EmansLawrence I KarlinDaniel J HedequistMichael P Glotzbecker

Published in: Spine deformity (2022)

This large series of JIS patients with bracing followed to skeletal maturity with long-term follow-up. Surgery was avoided in 33% of children with minimal to no progression, and no child underwent posterior growth-friendly constructs. Risk factors of needing surgery were noncompliance and larger curves at presentation.

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minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
risk factors
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mental health
case report
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low cost