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Considering Spinal Fusion Surgery for Scoliosis? Read This.
The article referenced below is a must read for anyone considering spinal fusion surgery, and also for parents whose child has a progressive scoliosis. The article brings to the forefront potential problems that may arise for surgical patients when a product‘s risks are potentially understated, and deemed safe, when medical device companies sponsor research. It [...]
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Barcelona SOSORT 2011 -Wrap Up
Additional sessions on Thursday included a study out of Poland concluding 1/3 of scoliosis patients are underweight with a 3-4% lower BMI than the non-scoliotic population. On Friday, numerous interesting sessions focused on results from studies on exercise and bracing beginning with a couple out of Dr. Negrini’s clinic in Italy. Conclusions were conservative treatment [...]
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SOSORT -Barcelona
Hello from the SOSORT meeting in Barcelona. I am very glad to be here. Barcelona is a city I’ve wanted to visit for ages. I can see there is a lot to fit in between meetings and seeing the city. My intention is to post short updates/synopsis on select presentations that may be of interest [...]
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Don’t Wait and See for Scoliosis
There’s been a lot of good news to report lately but it’s been busy with little time to post. That shouldn’t be since, after all, positive results are the goal. Marc and I are thrilled when patients call with news a curve has reduced. An email that came last night provided the necessary push to [...]
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“Whatever you’re doing-keep doing it.”
Y, a local, eleven year-old boy, recently participated in our adolescent scoliosis program. He just had follow-up x-rays (taken independently). In early December, Y had a 20º thoracolumbar curve. After our program and a couple of follow-up visits for focus and motivation, Y reduced his curve by 35% to 13º.
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Asklepios Katharina Schroth Clinic Visit
After a very early Monday morning trip to the American consulate in Frankfurt to replace my lost passport, (my trips to Germany are never without incident-last year’s challenge was figuring out a way to escape Europe while the volcano continued to erupt) I arrived back in Bad Sobernheim at the Asklepios Katharina Schroth Clinic, fortunately, [...]
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