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Nonoperative Treatment for Scoliosis

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The Adolescent Spine

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The world of scoliosis has undergone radical changes during the last thirty years. The advent of the Milwaukee brace, in 1946, by Blount and Schmidt, gave a much greater percentage of satisfactory results by nonoperative treatment than had previously been obtained. The Harrington instrumentation technique, and to a lesser extent the Dwyer technique, have greatly enhanced the operative correction of the scoliotic spine. Better plaster techniques have also proved helpful in maintaining good operative correction.

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  1. Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 161 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, New York, 10032, USA

    Hugo A. Keim M.D., F.A.C.S. (Associate Professor)

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Keim, H.A. (1976). Nonoperative Treatment for Scoliosis. In: The Adolescent Spine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5660-1_11

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