Tag: adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
Novel supine correction index helps predict brace outcomes in adolescent idiopathic...
Curve progression with brace treatment in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) can be predicted by their curve flexibility and in-brace correction rate, new...
IMAST 2022: Vitamin D deficiency may play a role in the...
Dietary vitamin D supplementation can potentially offer a benefit to those with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), according to new research which found that a...
Ultrasonic bone scalpel ‘does not reduce blood loss’ during posterior spinal...
Ultrasonic bone scalpel (USBS) does not reduce blood loss during posterior spinal fusion (PSF) in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), a randomised controlled trial...
ApiFix scoliosis correction system begins initial US launch
OrthoPediatrics has announced the initial launch of the ApiFix minimally invasive deformity correction system in the USA.
Additionally, the company anticipates approximately 20 clinical centres...
Untreated AIS patients report low scores for pain, self-image and function
A ten-year analysis of adults presenting with previously untreated adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) has found that patients with unoperated AIS reported low assessment scores...
Shape analysis could predict postoperative results in AIS surgery
Procrustes analysis—a form of statistical shape analysis—could be used to predict postoperative results in advance of surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), a study...
Dedicated surgical teams improve quality, safety and value in surgery for...
Dedicated surgical teams have been found to reduce surgical times and room times in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Surgical times decreased by...
The amount of curve correction matters for achieving balanced shoulders in...
In Lenke type 1 or type 2 adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), significant correction of the main thoracic curve with relative under-correction of the proximal...
Bracing superior to exercise for treating spinal curvature in AIS patients,...
Both bracing and exercise have demonstrable, significant treatment effectiveness for patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. This was the finding of a randomised, controlled trial...
Researchers narrow in on genetic causes of scoliosis
Two presentations at the Scoliosis Research Society annual meeting (SRS; 6–9 October, Philadelphia, USA) have shed light on the genetic factors at play in...
ApiFix spinal implant receives Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration certification
ApiFix has received Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration certification through its distributor, Orthotech.
The ApiFix system will now be marketed in Australia for the treatment and...
Alphatec’s Arsenal deformity AIS system launched in limited US markets
Alphatec Spine has launched its new Arsenal deformity adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) system and has successfully completed initial patient cases.
The Arsenal AIS system is...
Implanet white paper confirms safety and efficacy of Jazz system
Implanet has announced the publication of a new white paper, which presents clinical results from a group of adolescents suffering from hypokyphotic thoracic scoliosis...
Danish study finds five-times higher incidence of cancer in adolescent idiopathic...
In a study of the incidence of cancer in a cohort of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients treated 25 years previously, investigators have found...
No increase in pregnancy-related back pain, complication or sexual dysfunction following...
Surgery for female adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients appears to have no impact on complication rates for future pregnancy, according to data presented at the...
Long-term follow-up of AIS surgical treatment reveals “less than ideal” results
An analysis of ≥10 year outcomes data for patients treated surgically for major thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) has found that 23% of the...