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ArticleJournal of children's orthopaedics2022

Outcomes for patients with infantile idiopathic scoliosis by casting table type.

Majd Marrache, Niyathi Prasad, George H Thompson, Ying Li, Michael Glotzbecker, Paul D Sponseller

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Article in Journal of children's orthopaedics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Majd MarracheDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Niyathi PrasadDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
George H ThompsonRainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Ying LiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Michael GlotzbeckerDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Paul D SponsellerDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Johns Hopkins Medicine · USBoston Children's Hospital · USMichigan Medicine · USUniversity Hospitals Case Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: Serial casting is an effective treatment for infantile idiopathic scoliosis. The most common casting table types are Mehta, Risser, and spica tables. We compared major curve correction between patients with infantile idiopathic scoliosis treated using pediatric hip spica tables versus Risser or Mehta tables. Methods: In this multicenter retrospective study, we included 52 children younger than 3 years (mean ± standard deviation age, 1.6 ± 0.68 years) treated with ≥2 consecutive casts for infantile idiopathic scoliosis between September 2011 and July 2018. We compared major curve angle (measured using the Cobb method) before and after treatment and improvement in curve angle between the spica tables group ( Results: The mean major curve was 47° ± 18° before casting. A median of six casts (range: 2-14) were applied. Mean follow-up after treatment initiation was 22 months (range: 7-86 months). At baseline, the major curve was significantly larger in the spica tables group (58°) than in the Risser or Mehta tables group (43°) ( Conclusion: Serial casting was associated with substantial major curve correction in patients with infantile idiopathic scoliosis. Curve correction did not differ between patients treated with a spica table versus a Risser or Mehta table. Level of Evidence: Level III, retrospective cohort study.

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Curve correctioninfantile idiopathic scoliosisMehta tableRisser tableserial castingspica table

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