Early Onset Scoliosis: Editorial Comment

Editorial: Advances in the treatment of early-onset scoliosis?

curvature of the spine under the age of 10 years, are offered surgical treatment when the major curvature remains progressive despite conservative treatment. Spinal fusion is not recommended in this age group, as it prevents spinal growth and pulmonary development. A growth-sparing technique using traditional growing rods has been commonly used, but requires distraction under general anaesthesi...

Early-onset scoliosis.

Early onset scoliosis: current concepts and controversies.

Early Onset Scoliosis (EOS) may be associated with long-term pulmonary morbidity, which is not commonly seen in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Initial evaluation is based on determining any underlying etiology related to congenital or syndromic conditions. Assessing the impact of scoliosis on thoracic development may help guide treatment, which is often required at a young age in these childr...

Focus On Management of early-onset scoliosis

Early-onset scoliosis is defined as scoliosis diagnosed at the age of five years or less (Fig. 1).1 These patients may have congenital spine malformations and thoracic malformations, such as fused or absent ribs, but they may also have normal vertebral formation. Early-onset scoliosis is uncommon. The incidence of idiopathic scoliosis has been reported to be 1.5% and infantile scoliosis represe...

Growing rods in early-onset scoliosis.

Pain or numbness in the neck, upper extremity, low back and/or leg is not infrequently caused by non-spinal conditions, which may be misdiagnosed as a wide variety of diseases: myelopathy, radiculopathy, discopathy, spondyloarthropathy or entrapment neuropathy. K Point syndrome is a symptom combination characterized by positive tenderness at K Point, which is located at the cranial musculotendi...