title: Scoliosis in Down's syndrome.
abstract: This study reports the recent experience in the management of scoliosis in Down's syndrome. Curve patterns, progression in brace, and surgical outcomes were recorded. Cardiac surgery history was compared between children with and without scoliosis. Out of 581 children with Down's syndrome, 62 children had scoliosis. The mean age of the children was 13.8 years. The mean magnitude was 31°. Bracing was successful in five of seven patients. Ten children had posterior spinal fusion with follow-up of 2.6 years (1-7.3). One deep wound infection was recorded with no revision. No difference was found in cardiac surgery history between children with and without scoliosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Type IV - prognostic and therapeutic study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
authors.forename: Oussama
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Abousamra
authors.forename: Maria Del Pilar
authors.initials: MDP
authors.lastname: Duque Orozco
authors.forename: Mehmet S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Er
authors.forename: Kenneth J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Julieanne P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Sees
authors.forename: Freeman
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001915:Braces; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D016896:Treatment Outcome