Longer daily wear of back braces is best to avoid surgery for adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis

A multi-center study led by University of Iowa researchers to determine whether wearing back braces would prevent the need for spinal correction surgery in children with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) was cut short when early results were overwhelmingly in favor of bracing. The study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Stuart Weinstein, MD, Ignacio V...