title: ISIS scanning: a useful assessment technique in the management of scoliosis.
abstract: The value of surface topographical measurements in the assessment of curve progression in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is demonstrated in a group of 51 patients. Cobb angles at the commencement of the study ranged from 10 degrees -55 degrees (mean 34.5 degrees), and the mean follow-up period was greater than 2 years. The surface shape method correctly identified curve evolution in 84% of the patient group. Of these, the eight patients who underwent spinal instrumentation were correctly predicted as candidates for surgery.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, England.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Weisz
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Jefferson
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Turner-Smith
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Houghton
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010780:Photogrammetry; D011859:Radiography; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013997:Time Factors