Courtesy: Jennifer M. Bauer, MD, MS Assistant Professor Seattle Children’s Hospital Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine University of Washington School of Medicine Lecture Outline: Current definition of AIS Diagnosis & imaging Natural history of AIS Predicting remaining growth and curve progression Treatment controversies
-Spine Deformity
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Introduction Scoliosis is defined as an abnormal coronal plane curvature of the spine, usually appearing as a C-shaped or S-shaped curve. A spinal curve measuring greater than ten degrees is considered scoliosis. Hippocrates (four hundred sixty to three hundred seventy-seven before Christ) was the first to describe abnormal spinal curvature and coined the term scoliosis, […]
Cervical Total Disc Replacement
Courtesy: University of Washington and Harborview Medical Centre, Seattle, USA
Classification systems in Adult Spinal Deformity
Courtesy: Kushagra Verma, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Robotic Assisted Spine Surgery
Courtesy: Isador Lieberman MD, Texas Back Institute
Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Courtesy: Jerome Allain MD, World Congress of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Cobb Angle in Scoliosis
Definition and Historical Background Scoliosis is defined as an abnormal curvature of the spine in the coronal plane, typically presenting as an “S” or “C” shaped deformity. A spinal curvature greater than 10 degrees, measured using the Cobb method, is considered diagnostic of scoliosis. Hippocrates (460–377 BC) was the first to describe abnormal spinal curvature […]
Congenital Scoliosis
Courtesy: Douglas Gillard, BS, DC, Spine Researcher http://chirogeek.com/
Lenke Classification for Scoliosis
Courtesy: Douglas Gillard, BS, DC, Spine Researcher http://chirogeek.com/
Adolescent Scoliosis and Deformity
Courtesy: Kushagra Verma University of Washington School of Medicine Seattle, USA
Early-onset Scoliosis When to intervene?
Courtesy: Michael Glotzbecker MD Boston Children’s Hospital Boston Children’s Hospital is a comprehensive center for pediatric and adolescent health care grounded in the values of excellence in patient care and sensitivity to the complex needs and diversity of children and families. Boston Children’s is the primary pediatric teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School and also […]
Current Trends in the Management of Spine TB
Courtesy: Ajoy Shetty, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore
Spondylolysis, Spondylolisthesis
Courtesy: Prof Nabile Ebraheim, University of Toledo, Ohio, USA
Early Onset Scoliosis
By Burt Yaszay, M.D. Rady’s Children Hospital SanDiego, CA, USA Courtesy: Grand Rounds, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
#AAOS Course: Early Onset Scoliosis-Role of Casting
By Peter Sturm MD Courtesy : Dr Sanjay Chaturvedi, Organising Secretary, IOACON Agra Definition Early onset scoliosis is defined as any spinal deformity present before the age of 10 years, irrespective of etiology. Earlier onset is associated with: Greater curve progression Worse long-term prognosis Children with EOS have a higher risk of developing severe spinal […]