News tagged with scoliosis
Study shows that modern surgery for scoliosis has good long-term outcomes
Teenagers who undergo spine fusion for scoliosis using the newest surgical techniques can expect to be doing well 10 years after surgery, according to a Hospital for Special Surgery study published online ...
Apr 05, 2011 |
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Scoliosis in Teenagers: To Brace or Not to Brace Is Still a Question
The use of braces to correct excessive curvature of the spine, or scoliosis, in adolescents is still an area of controversy — and is likely to remain that way until there is better evidence, concludes a new review of published ...
Jan 22, 2010 |
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Where Surgery Was the Standard, Casting May Be the Future (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) may lead doctors to choose to tweak an old technology ? casting ? over using high-tech implantable devices for children ...
Sep 28, 2009 |
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