This concise monograph focuses on the most common form of scoliosis occurring in otherwise normal adolescents, affecting spinal alignment, growth, and function. Topics include: patient evaluation; anatomy, etiology, natural history of scoliosis; treatment algorithm: observation, bracing, surgery; surgical treatment options with posterior, open anterior, and thorascopic instrumentation; radiographic and functional outcomes of treatment. Publisher's Website

Etiology, anatomy, and natural history -- Evaluation of the patient with scoliosis -- Treatment algorithm: observation, bracing, surgery -- Classification of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis -- Posterior spinal instrumentation techniques -- Anterior surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis -- Surgical treatment by thoracoscopic methods -- Radiographic and functional outcomes of surgical treatment -- Pulmonary function in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis -- The use of outcomes instruments in idiopathic scoliosis.

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