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Njood A.
Njood was an 11 year old international patient who presented to us with a large curve of 100 degrees of thoracic scoliosis and 100 degrees of kyphosis. Her MRI showed changes to the spinal cord and she was developing progressive weakness to her lower extremities. Her pulmonary status was also declining. They came to our hospital for help with this ...
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Kate S.
Kate was a 13 year old when she presented to our office. She had a 48 degree main thoracic curve. We spoke about the fact that she had lots of growth left and her curve was in a surgical range. We did spend some time talking about some other options including bracing, Schroth physical therapy, and observation. They went to ...
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Fatoumata D.
Fatoumata was 8 years old when she first presented to our office. At that time, she had a 15 degree thoracic curve and a 15 degree lumbar curve. Her curve progressed to almost 30 degrees so she started bracing with a traditional TLSO brace. Despite attempts at non operative treatment, her curve continued to progress to above 50 degrees by ...
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Santiago F.
Santiago is a young boy from the Dominican Republic with Idiopathic Infantile Scoliosis. He first came to see Dr. Vitale when he was 16 months old for a second opinion. He had been treated previously with two Cotrel casts. Unfortunately, after the casts were removed his curve had rebounded to its pre-casting size of 45 degrees.
Given his young age and ...
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Ryan F.
Ryan is a 3 year old who we saw for the first time at 14 months. His came to us for a second opinion. He was already being treated with a brace. He presented with a 40 degree curve with a rib vertebral angle of 38 degrees. He had a high risk of progression because of multiple factors. It was ...
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Commonly Performed Scoliosis Surgeries Before & After—Neuromuscular Scoliosis
This listing shows a series of X-ray images of this case, showing before and after images. Neuromuscular Scoliosis....
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Commonly Performed Scoliosis Surgeries Before & After—Scheuermann’s Kyphosis: AT
This listing shows a series of X-ray images of this case, showing before and after images. Scheuermann’s Kyphosis: AT....
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Commonly Performed Scoliosis Surgeries Before & After—6CN
This listing shows a series of X-ray images of this case, showing before and after images. Case Type: 6CN....
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Commonly Performed Scoliosis Surgeries Before & After—5CN
This listing shows a series of X-ray images of this case, showing before and after images. Case Type: 5CN....
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Commonly Performed Scoliosis Surgeries Before & After—3C+
This listing shows a series of X-ray images of this case, showing before and after images. Case Type: 3C+....
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