Does an orthotic treatment help the outcome of the spinal fusion in idiopathic scoliosis?

Material and methods All the patients included in this study where operated by the same surgeon, between 2002 and 2006 at the Ste-Justine hospital, Montréal, using the same technique and the same instrumentation. 61 patients aged 11 to 17 years (mean 14,061) where included in the study. Out of the 61 patients, 34 had no previous treatment and 27 where previously treated with the SpineCor orthosis. All the patients had at least 2 years of follow-up. The evaluation was done by comparing the percentage of correction of their Cobb angle before, immediate after and at least at 2 years after the surgery.