“Cured” patients with early-onset idiopathic scoliosis after serial casting are at risk of recurrence at intermediate follow-up
While EOIS patients may be "cured" with serial casting, this may not be sustained. The percentage of "failures" likely will increase with longer follow-up through skeletal maturity, and patients must be closely monitored after concluding casting/bracing.
Authors
- Michal Szczodry
- Aidan Manning (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5438-9080)
- Michael P. Glotzbecker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0310-4481)
- Craig M. Birch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5168-4623)
- Ying Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0882-5926)
- Peter Sturm
- R. Abid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2278-915X)
Institutions
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (US)
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Michigan Medicine (US)
- Shriners Hospitals for Children - Chicago (US)
- Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital (US)
- C. S. Mott Children's Hospital (US)
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Spine Deformity
- Published
- 2025-05-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s43390-025-01092-1
- Primary Topic
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Stryker