14 The Experts’ View: A Narrative of the Great Debate
10.1055/b-0035-124599 14 The Experts’ View: A Narrative of the Great DebateColin Nnadi 14.1 Introduction A debate between four of the world’s leading experts in early onset scoliosis was held on…
10 Growth as a Corrective Force
10.1055/b-0035-124595 10 Growth as a Corrective ForceMin Mehta (transcribed by Colin Nnadi) 10.1 Introduction One of the world’s leading proponents of the treatment of early onset scoliosis, Min H. Mehta,…
18 Surgical Treatment and Outcomes
10.1055/b-0035-124603 18 Surgical Treatment and OutcomesS.M.H. Mehdian and Nasir Quraishi Neuromuscular disorders comprise a very diverse group of conditions. The most common myopathic form is Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and the…
19 Best Surgical Strategies for Sitting Comfort
10.1055/b-0035-124604 19 Best Surgical Strategies for Sitting ComfortRobert Crawford Children with neuromuscular disorders are often unable to walk and depend on wheelchairs for mobility. It is therefore doubly unfortunate for…
8 Surgical Treatment: The Nottingham Experience
10.1055/b-0035-124593 8 Surgical Treatment: The Nottingham ExperienceJohn K. Webb and Nasir A. Quraishi Early onset scoliosis is a heterogeneous condition. The prognosis and natural history vary widely, depending on whether…
9 Surgical Intervention
10.1055/b-0035-124594 9 Surgical InterventionAdrian Gardner and David Marks Surgical intervention in the management of noncongenital early onset scoliosis and infantile idiopathic scoliosis is indicated if there is a failure of…
17 Assessing Outcomes in Neuromuscular Scoliosis
10.1055/b-0035-124602 17 Assessing Outcomes in Neuromuscular ScoliosisMichael Grevitt “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”“That depends a good deal on where you want to…
15 Complications of Growing Rod Treatment
10.1055/b-0035-124600 15 Complications of Growing Rod TreatmentNima Kabirian and Behrooz A. Akbarnia The growing rod technique is the prototype of posterior distraction-based growing spine procedures used for the surgical treatment…
16 The Natural History of Neuromuscular Scoliosis
10.1055/b-0035-124601 16 The Natural History of Neuromuscular ScoliosisVivienne Campbell The aims of this chapter are the following: Explore what is meant by the term neuromuscular scoliosis; Critique the published literature…
13 Surgical Options: The Shilla Procedure
10.1055/b-0035-124598 13 Surgical Options: The Shilla ProcedureRichard E. McCarthy The various etiologic diagnoses in early onset scoliosis all lead to a common pathway—namely, that of thoracic insufficiency syndrome. The diagnoses…
