title: Advances in management of idiopathic scoliosis.
abstract: Management rests on two critical questions: whether the curve is likely to progress before cessation of growth, and whether further progression can be expected in the mature patient. With regard to both questions, we have learned a number of important lessons from mass screening and its follow-up. Along the way, a number of questionable technologies have been discarded.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Rinsky
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001915:Braces; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000295:instrumentation; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery