Cruz LF

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

We know that scoliosis more frequently found are idiopathic, congenital, and paralytic, but a considerable number that originate from other causes varied as would be caused by an inequality of the lower limbs, calls at Novo or degenerative, secondary to the presence of tumors both in the vertebrae (as is the case of osteoid osteoma) or the spinal cord itself (gliomas or ependymomas), which are secondarily after suffering a trauma, which are produced by the presence of spondylolisthesis or thoracic insufficiency syndrome or as a result of a laminectomy. These types of curves will have different behavior especially if we take into account both the age at onset and the initiation of treatment and of course the answer to it. In most of these types of scoliosis early treatment will be conservatively based on elevation increases in footwear, physical therapy relaxing brace application and finally the surgical management primarily for tumor resection or application of endoprostheses type VEPTR.

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