Bracing in severe skeletally immature adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: does a holding strategy change the surgical plan?
Søren Ohrt-NissenM HeegaardThomas AndersenM GehrchenB DahlN TøndevoldPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2024)
This is the first study to describe that curve flexibility decreases during bracing in severe AIS. However, this had only a modest impact on the surgical strategy. Bracing as a holding strategy can be applied, but the risk of losing flexibility in the lumbar spine should be outweighed against the risks of premature fusion surgery.