Significant controversy still exists regarding the use of bracing in AIS patients at risk for curve progression and eventual surgery. A recent high-level study has convincingly shown that bracing impacts the natural history of AIS and, in those properly braced, significantly reduces the need for a subsequent operation. In light of the resulting decrease in the indications for surgical intervention, the bias against bracing should be reevaluated.
Conditions: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS)
Treatments: Bracing (Spinal Braces, Back Braces, Scoliosis Braces)
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