The influence of night-time bracing on curve progression is not affected by curve magnitude in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a study of 299 patients
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https://doi.org/10.2340/17453674.2024.39965Abstract
Background and purpose: The efficacy of bracing larger curves in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients is uncertain. We aimed to assess the influence of night-time bracing in AIS patients with main curves exceeding 40° Cobb angle at brace initiation.
Methods: We reviewed AIS patients treated with nighttime braces between 2005 and 2018. Patients with curves ≥ 25° and estimated growth potential were included. Patients were monitored with radiographs from brace initiation until brace weaning at skeletal maturity. Patients were grouped based on curve magnitude at initial evaluation: a control group (25–39°) and a large-curves group (≥ 40°). Progression was defined as > 5° increase.
Results: We included 299 patients (control group, n = 125; large-curves group, n = 174). In the control group, 65 (52%) patients progressed compared with 101 (58%) in the large-curves group (P = 0.3). The lower-end vertebra (LEV) shifted distally post-bracing in 41 (23%) patients in the largecurves group. Patients with progressive large curves were younger (age 13.2 [SD 1.5] vs. 13.9 [SD 1.1], P = 0.009) and more premenarchal (n = 36 [42%] vs. n = 6 [9%], P < 0.001) compared with non-progressive large curves.
Conclusion: Progression risk in patients with curves exceeding 40° treated with night-time bracing is similar to smaller curves. The LEV moved distally in almost one-fourth of the larger curves, possibly affecting fusion levels in cases of surgery.
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