Spine Conditions & Treatments

Please click below for information about these spine conditions that Dr. Vitale treats:

• Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS)
• Back Pain
• Congenital Scoliosis
• Cerebral Palsy Spinal Disorders
• Early Onset Scoliosis
• Idiopathic Infantile Scoliosis
• Juvenile Idiopathic Scoliosis
• Kyphosis
• Marfan Syndrome
• Muscular Dystrophy: See Link 1 and Link 2
• Neurofibromatosis
• Neuromuscular Scoliosis
• Non-Operative Care for Spine & Scoliosis
• Osteoid Osteoma
• Scoliosis
• Spina Bifida (Myelomeningocele)
• Spinal Deformities
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
• Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia
• Spondylolysis / Spondylolisthesis
• Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome
• Torticollis

Please click below for information about conservative (non-surgical) treatments that Dr. Vitale employs:

• EOS, Low Dose Xray Machine, for Treatment of Scoliosis
• Formetric Machine
• Physiotherapeutic Scoliosis-Specific Exercise (PSSE): The Schroth Method
• Scoliosis Bracing (Rigo Cheneau Bracing)
• Scoliosis Casting (Mehta Casting)

Please click below for information about surgical treatments that Dr. Vitale employs:

• Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering (AVBT)
• Before & After Examples Of Commonly Performed Scoliosis Surgeries
• Growing Rods
• Hemivertebrectomy
• MAGEC (MAGnetic Expansion Control)
• Pars Defect/Spondylolisthesis Repair
• Spine Fusion
• VEPTR (Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib)