Initial results of SpineCor treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis in Seville, Spain

Methods Thirty seven patients were treated using the SpineCor Brace in Seville. Of the 37, 33 patients met criteria of the SpineCorporation international multicenter study treatment protocol. These patients were still under treatment and had not yet achieved a definitive outcome (two years follow-up post brace treatment). The girls were premenarchal or less than 1 year postmenarchal. Effectiveness was looked at using the following parameters: (1) a percentage of patients with an initial Cobb angle reduction of 5 degrees or greater; (2) percentage of patients with an initial Cobb angle increase or decrease of less than 5 degrees; (3) percentage of patients with an initial Cobb increase of 5 degrees or greater; (4) the number of cases progressing to require surgery or undergone surgery.