title: Common sense in the management of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
abstract: The 25-year experience of Santa Casa Spine Center in treating patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is reported. The orthotic and surgical treatments and their complications are discussed, showing efficient, cost-effective ways of acting on these disorders in countries that lack more expensive and modern instrumentation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Santa Casa School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Avanzi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dezen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017668:Age of Onset; D001915:Braces; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy*