PMID: 8609134Apr 1, 1996Paper

Use of the Milwaukee brace for progressive idiopathic scoliosis

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume
K J NoonanL A Dolan

Abstract

One hundred and two (92 per cent) of 111 immature patients in whom idiopathic scoliosis had been treated with a Milwaukee brace were followed to determine the effectiveness of the brace in preventing progression of the scoliosis. The average time from cessation of bracing until the latest radiographs were made for the patients who were managed non-operatively was six years and four months. The average progression of the curve, from the time of initial bracing until use of the brace was stopped, in the eighty-eight patients who were included in the statistical analysis was 4 degrees. The curve continued to progress an average of 5 degrees after use of the brace was stopped in the patients who did not have an arthrodesis. Forty-two patients (48 percent) had more than 5 degrees of progression at the time that use of the brace was stopped. Thirty-seven patients (42 per cent) had an operation or a curve of sufficient magnitude to warrant operative intervention. The maximum correction of the Cobb angle in the brace had prognostic importance for progression of the curve. The patients in whom the curve did not progress or who did not need operative intervention had had an average correction of 20 per cent, while the patients who had a ...Continue Reading

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