In this review, basic knowledge and recent innovation of surgical treatment for scoliosis will
be described. Surgical treatment for scoliosis is indicated, in general, for the curve …

Study Design. A literature review. Objective. The aim of this study was to review the
contemporary methods for spinal flexibility assessment on the patients with adolescent …

Study Design. A prospective evaluation of radiographs in patients undergoing anterior
spinal fusion or posterior spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Objective. To …

Study Design. A retrospective evaluation of radiographs in patients with idiopathic scoliosis
was undertaken to assess predictors of flexibility. Objective. To evaluate potential predictors …

Study Design. A prospective comparative evaluation of the commonly accepted or described
radiologic techniques to determine curve flexibility in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) …

Study Design. A prospective study on adolescent idiopathic scoliosis to assess a new
method of describing frontal plane correction. Objective. To assess the difference between …

A prospective clinical and radiographic evaluation of 33 consecutive patients with severe
and rigid idiopathic scoliosis (average Cobb angle 93°, flexibility on bending films 23%) …

Study Design. Prospective study. Objective. To identify the factors that are associated with
rod slippage and to study the pattern of achieved length gain with a standard distraction …

Study Design. A comparative evaluation of supine right and left lateral-bending radiographs
and push-prone radiographs in patients with thoracolumbar and lumbar scoliosis to …

The flexibility of the scoliotic spine is an important biomechanical parameter to take into
account in the planning of surgical instrumentation. The objective of the paper was to …