Early-onset scoliosis.

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...

SYMPOSIUM: EARLY ONSET SCOLIOSIS Early Definitive Spinal Fusion in Young Children

Background Early-onset scoliosis, when left untreated, leads to severe deformity. Until the last decade, treatment of progressive curves in young children often consisted of definitive spinal fusion. The recognition of thoracic insufficiency syndrome associated with definitive early fusion has led to the development of new surgical techniques developed to preserve spinal and thoracic growth in ...

Mild Angle Early Onset Idiopathic Scoliosis Children Avoid Progression Under FITS Method (Functional Individual Therapy of Scoliosis): Erratum

Familial Adolescent-Onset Scoliosis and Segmental Dystonia

Idiopathic scoliosis is a common disorder characterized by abnormal curvature of the spine with onset typically in adolescence. Adult-onset primary torsion dystonia (AOPTD) is a focal dystonia with onset in early-middle age consisting of abnormal twisting or directional movements and postures; common phenotypes include cervical dystonia, blepharospasm, and focal hand dystonia. Numerous case rep...

Using of Chêneau brace for early onset scoliosis treatment

Untreated Early Onset Scoliosis - The Natural Progression of a Debilitating and Ultimately Deadly Disease

An early onset idiopathic scoliosis refers to idiopathic deformity that presents itself from birth to ten years of age and includes an infantile type (identified from birth to three years of age) and a juvenile type (identified from three to ten years of age). In contrast to adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (identified from ten years of age to the age of skeletal maturity), the juvenile idiopath...