Sunday, January 20, 2013

Neuromuscular scoliosis

Neuromuscular scoliosis. R. Vialle, C. Thévenin-Lemoine, P. Mary; Orthopaedics & Traumatology: Surgery & Research, Available online 18 January 2013. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.otsr.2012.11.002,


Highlight: "Surgical treatment of neuromuscular scoliosis differs from idiopathic scoliosis".
"Non-surgical measures rarely fully control progressive scoliosis".

Keywords: Neuromuscular scoliosis, surgical treatment, idiopathic scoliosis, complications rate, Non-surgical measures, muscular hypotonia.