Electro-spinal stimulation in children with adolescent and juvenile scoliosis.
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.
Goldberg
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Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland.
Dowling
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Fogarty
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Regan
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Blake
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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