Nighttime versus Fulltime Brace Treatment for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Which Brace to Choose? A Retrospective Study on 358 Patients.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to retrospectively compare the effectiveness of fulltime Boston Brace (BB) and Providence Nighttime Brace (PNB) treatments in moderate scoliotic curves (20-40°) at a single institution and to carry out analyses for different subgroups. Inclusion criteria: idiopathic scoliosis, age ≥ 10 years, curve 20-40°, Risser ≤ 3 or Sanders stage ≤ 6 and curve apex below T6 vertebra. Exclusion criteria: incomplete radiological or clinical follow-up and previous treatment. The primary outcome was failure according to the SRS outcome assessment: increase in main curve > 5° and/or increase in main curve beyond 45° and/or surgery. The subgroup analyses were secondary outcomes. In total, 249 patients in the PNB and 109 in the BB groups were included. The BB showed a higher succe

SUBMITTER: Capek V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10743948 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature