scoliosis


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scoliosisscoliosis
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nounan abnormal lateral curve to the vertebral column

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[14] Therefore, in the present study, we aimed to evaluate the thickness of the abdominal muscles on both sides in patients with mild adolescent idiopathic thoracolumbar scoliosis and to answer the following questions: Are there any differences in the absolute thickness of specific abdominal muscles?
"The development and progression of scoliosis in children is associated with growth.
Food and Drug Administration approval for The Tether for treatment of scoliosis, providing a fusion-less alternative for young patients requiring surgery.
Healthcare company Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc (NYSE:ZBH) (SIX:ZBH) revealed on Friday the receipt of approval from the US Food and Drug Administration approval for The Tether for the fusion-less alternative surgery in young patients with scoliosis requiring surgery.
[USPRwire, Wed Aug 14 2019] Scoliosis occurs due to spurt in growth of backbone just before puberty.
Many children with scoliosis have only a small curve in their spine.
Dr Zaid Alabuaidi, consultant orthopaedic surgeon specialising in paediatric spine surgery, who explained the condition of Mohammad Hassouneh, said: "The child suffered from congenital scoliosis and at the age of 8 had undergone surgery to place a bilateral vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib and a Magec rod, This is a kind of fixation device to help support the spine and reduce the curvature and needs to be tightened every six months until the individual experiences skeletal growth which is usually up to the age of 14."
"Scoliosis" is a genuine scare word even for more millennials.
Out of interest I noticed that June is, amongst other things, scoliosis awareness month.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) recently shared that more youngsters can have their scoliosis conditions detected early and monitored frequently, thanks to a portable imaging system developed by PolyU's experts in scoliosis research.
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Scheuermann's kyphosis, spondylolisthesis, and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) are deformities related to vertebral growth that can affect healthy children at the beginning of the growth spurt (1).
Details said that Shakeela Bibi, a 17-year old girl from Afghanistan, was operated for scoliosis by the ATH neurosurgeons Dr Abdul Aziz Khan and Dr Ehtisham Afridi assisted by Dr Khalid Zadran, Dr Sajjad and other team members including anaesthesia and OT technicians.
ABBOTTABAD -- Neurosurgery Department of Ayub Teaching Hospital on Thursday announced the 'first ever successful Scoliosis Surgery in any government based Neurosurgery department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa' that lasted for about eight hours.