Category: adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
Anonymous 18 | Lenke Type 5, Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Posted on June 04, 2024
This is a 14-year-old girl who first saw Dr. Vitale when she was 12 years old. Her thoracic curve was 42 degrees, and her lumbar curve was 75 degrees. When the major curve is lumbar and the thoracic curve is ... Read More
Anonymous 16 | Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, Lumbar AVBT
Posted on June 03, 2024
This patient is now a 14 year old who first saw Dr. Vitale when she was 12 years old. At that time, she had a 43 degree thoracic curve and a 57 degree lumbar curve. The family was given options ... Read More
Anonymous 12 | Lenke Type 5 Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis; Juvenile Idiopathic Scoliosis
Posted on May 08, 2024
The patient is a 12-year-old girl who was diagnosed with Idiopathic Scoliosis when she was 8 years old. Her thoracic curve measured 24 degrees when she was 9 years old and was put in a scoliosis brace to slow the ... Read More
Anonymous 11 | AIS-Scoliosis Bracing
Posted on May 08, 2024
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, Scoliosis bracing This patient is a 14-year-old girl who first saw Dr. Vitale when she was 11 years old. At the time, her thoracic curve was 20 degrees, and the lumbar curve was 33 degrees. Due to being ... Read More
Anonymous 9 | Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Posted on January 23, 2024
This patient is now a 17 year old who we first evaluated when she was 13 years old. At that time, she had a 29 degree thoracic curve and a 38 degree lumbar curve. She did bracing and schroth. She ... Read More
Anonymous 6 | Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Posted on November 29, 2023
This patient is an 18 year old who we met when she was 13 years old. She had curves measuring 29 and 31 degrees. We recommended bracing and Schroth PT. She wore the brace on average 18 hours a day ... Read More
Anonymous 5 | Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Posted on October 04, 2023
This is a 14 year old with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. She had recently been diagnosed and came to our office for a second opinion. She had no complaints of pain. Preoperatively, she had a main lumbar curve of 51 degrees ... Read More
Anonymous 1 | Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Posted on October 03, 2023
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, Selective Thoracic Posterior Spinal Fusion and Instrumentation, Pilates. This is a 22 year old who was diagnosed at the age of 10 and followed by another orthopedist. We met her as another opinion at the age of 22. ... Read More
Anonymous 3 | Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Posted on April 03, 2023
This 13-year-old girl had been diagnosed with scoliosis as a 12-year-old. She had been referred to Dr. Vitale’s clinic by her primary care physician. She had a major curve of 40 degrees. There was no family or past medical history, ... Read More
Elisha J. | Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Posted on June 21, 2022
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, Selective Thoracic Posterior Spinal Fusion and Instrumentation. This is a 12 year old with Idiopathic Scoliosis. She did Schroth and Rigo Cheneau bracing that she wore about 8 hours a day. Her curve continued to progress into a ... Read More