title: Electro-spinal stimulation in children with adolescent and juvenile scoliosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Dowling
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Fogarty
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Regan
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Blake
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001846:Bone Development; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008572:Menarche; D009132:Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology