> Reported abnormalities of connective tissue, skeletal muscle, platelets, the spinal column,
and the rib cage are all thought to be secondary to the deformity itself.> Although no …

Scoliosis may be a spinal manifestation of underlying disease and although most cases of
scoliosis are idiopathic, imaging plays a very important role in determining the underlying …

With complete coverage appropriate for residents through experienced pediatric
orthopaedic surgeons, Tachdjian's Pediatric Orthopaedics, 6th Edition, continues a 50-year …

Study Design. A prospective and retrospective review of patients 10 years and younger with
idiopathic scoliosis evaluated with a total spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan …

Study Design. A prospective trial of preoperative MRI study in patients with “idiopathic”
scoliosis. Objectives. To investigate the prevalence of neural axis malformations and the …

Background: Although reports in the literature have demonstrated an approximately 20%
prevalence of neural axis abnormalities in patients with juvenile idiopathic scoliosis who …

Study Design. A prospective study in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis of different
clinical severity using whole-spine magnetic resonance imaging and somatosensory evoked …

By Pedro Fernandes, MD, and Stuart L. Weinstein, MD diopathic scoliosis is a structural,
lateral curvature of the spine of unknown etiology that can occur in otherwise normal …

Background: The prevalence of intraspinal pathology associated with scoliosis has been
reported to be as high as 26% in some series 1, and, on the basis of this finding …

This paper examines the following speculative hypothesis:" that in some patients with
scoliosis there is disproportionate neuro-osseous growth–the longitudinal growth of the …