STUDY DESIGN A retrospective case-control studyOBJECTIVE.: The aim of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of selective thoracic fusion in the surgical treatment of patients with syringomyelia-associated scoliosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Selective thoracic fusion technique was introduced to treat idiopathic scoliosis patients with major thoracic curve. Theoretically, such therap...

Purpose: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is a condition characterized by three-dimensional curvature of the spine. However, in addition to spinal curvature, it has also been reported that patients with can display other abnormal physiologic parameters, such as hormone imbalances, genetic variants, and micronutrient deficiencies. The present study evaluated salivary progesterone levels, well res...

BACKGROUND The treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is contingent upon many variables. Simple observation is enough for less serious curvatures, but for very serious cases surgical intervention could be proposed. Between these there is a wide range of different treatments. Manual therapy is commonly used: the aim of this paper is to verify the data existing in the literature on the effi...