Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• GOLDBERG, C
• DOWLING, F. E
• FOGARTY, E. E
• REGAN, B. F
• BLAKE, N. S

Titel

Electro-spinal stimulation in children with adolescent and juvenile scoliosis

Ist Teil von

• Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976), 1988-05, Vol.13 (5), p.482-484

Ort / Verlag

Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott

Erscheinungsjahr

1988

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A series of forty-one patients with adolescent or juvenile idiopathic scoliosis who were treated with electro-spinal stimulation is reported. Nineteen children were removed from the program because of curve progression or unacceptable deformity. Sixteen of these (39%) required surgery as a first alternative. Three were given a brace. Thirteen children have reached skeletal maturity without significant deterioration. Those who did well were in a lower risk category. The efficacy of this form of treatment has not been demonstrated in this series, and it is being discontinued.