Article: PDF OnlyElectro-Spinal Stimulation in Children with Adolescent and Juvenile ScoliosisGOLDBERG, C. MB, DCH; DOWLING, F. E. BSc, MCh, FRCSI; FOGARTY, E. E. FRCSI, FRACS; REGAN, B. F. MChOrth, FRCSI; BLAKE, N. S. FRCS, (FFRRCSI) Author Information From Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland. Spine: May 1988 - Volume 13 - Issue 5 - p 482-484 Buy Abstract A series of forty-one patients with adolescent or Juvenile Idiopathic scoliosis who were treated with electro-spinal stimulation is reported. Nineteen children were removed from the program because of curve progression or unacceptable deformity. Sixteen of these (39%) required surgery as a first alternative. Three were given a brace. Thirteen children have reached skeletal maturity without significant deterioration. Those who did well were in a lower risk category. The efficacy of this form of treatment has not been demonstrated in this series, and it is being discontinued. © Lippincott-Raven Publishers.
