Initial results of SpineCor treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis in Seville, Spain

A Vera Miller

doi:10.1186/1748-7161-4-s2-o51

Abstract

Methods Thirty seven patients were treated using the SpineCor Brace in Seville. Of the 37, 33 patients met criteria of the SpineCorporation international multicenter study treatment protocol. These patients were still under treatment and had not yet achieved a definitive outcome (two years follow-up post brace treatment). The girls were premenarchal or less than 1 year postmenarchal. Effectiveness was looked at using the following parameters: (1) a percentage of patients with an initial Cobb angle reduction of 5 degrees or greater; (2) percentage of patients with an initial Cobb angle increase or decrease of less than 5 degrees; (3) percentage of patients with an initial Cobb increase of 5 degrees or greater; (4) the number of cases progressing to require surgery or undergone surgery.

Highlights

The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the SpineCor brace in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treated in Seville, Spain
Justine Children's Hospital in Montréal. Their results claim that SpineCor is an effective treatment for AIS
Achieved in 32 of the 33 patients studied from the time of fitting of the SpineCor Brace to the point at which that last Cobb angle was measured during bracing. This meant an overall correction and stabilization for 97% of the patients in Seville, Spain during their first year of treatment. 1 out of 33 patients (3%) had curve progression of more than 5 degrees and underwent surgery

Summary

Introduction

Initial results of SpineCor treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic 41003 Seville, Spain Email: A Vera Miller - alfvera@telefonica.net from 6th International Conference on Conservative Management of Spinal Deformities Lyon, France. Published: 14 December 2009 Scoliosis 2009, 4(Suppl 2):O51 doi:10.1186/1748-7161-4-S2-O51 6th International Conference on Conservative Management of Spinal Deformities Jean Claude de Mauroy, Theodoros Grivas, Patrick Knott and David Tager A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here.

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