Brace treatment for scoliosis secondary to chiari malformation type 1 or syringomyelia without neurosurgical intervention: A matched comparison with idiopathic scoliosis

• Published in: European spine journal Vol. 30; no. 12; pp. 3482 - 3489
• Main Authors: Zhang, Tianyuan, Bao, Hongda, Zhang, Xin, Shu, Shibin, Liu, Zhen, Sun, Xu, Qiu, Yong, Zhu, Zezhang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Arnold-Chiari Malformation - complications; Arnold-Chiari Malformation - diagnostic imaging; Arnold-Chiari Malformation - surgery; Braces; Brain; Case-Control Studies; Congenital defects; Disease Progression; Humans; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Neural tube defects; Neurosurgery; Original Article; Patients; Retrospective Studies; Risk factors; Scoliosis; Scoliosis - diagnostic imaging; Scoliosis - surgery; Spinal cord; Surgery; Surgical Orthopedics; Syringomyelia - complications; Syringomyelia - diagnostic imaging; Syringomyelia - surgery; Treatment Outcome; Curve progression; Syringomyelia; Brace treatment; Scoliosis; Chiari malformation

Purpose To evaluate the effectiveness of brace treatment in patients with Chiari malformation type 1 (CM-1) or syringomyelia associated scoliosis without neurosurgical intervention. Methods This was a retrospective case–control study. 34 CM-1 or syringomyelia (CMS) patients who received brace treatm...