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Congenital Scoliosis A Study of 234 Patients Treated and Untreated PART II: TREATMENT
ROBERT B. WINTER; JOHN H. MOE; VINCENT E. EILERS
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From the Scoliosis Service of the Gillette State Hospital for Crippled Children, Saint Paul, Minnesota, and the Orthopedic Division of the University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis
1968 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Incorporated
The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.  1968; 50:15-47 
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Abstract

A study of 234 patients with congenital scoliosis has been made. The results of surgical and non-surgical treatment have been reviewed. Sixty-six patients have had correction and fusion with an average follow-up of six years after fusion. Preliminary data are provided on non-operative treatment with the Milwaukee brace.

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