Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Outcomes Database Registry

Launched by SETTING SCOLIOSIS STRAIGHT FOUNDATION · Aug 7, 2012

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ClinConnect Summary

1. The first aim of this Database Registry is to maintain a prospective multicenter series of patients treated surgically for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Patients from multiple scoliosis centers around the U.S., as well as a center in Germany, will be enrolled with comprehensive analysis of the curve pattern being treated, as well as the type of surgery performed. The outcome of each surgical treatment will be analyzed. This will allow the frequency of various curve types to be determined, as well as the frequency of various surgical approaches utilized for each curve pattern.
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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Patients aged ≥ 10 and ≤ 21 years at time of enrollment,
• • male or female,
• • diagnosis of idiopathic scoliosis for which surgery is recommended to prevent progression of the curvature or to correct trunk disfigurement.
• • Curve cobb of any magnitude - operative range
• • Spina bifida Oculta is permitted
• • Spondylolisthesis and Spondylolysis are permitted, as long as non-operative
• * Non-operative idiopathic scoliosis patients:
• • aged ≥ 10 and ≤ 21 years, male or female, curve cobb of ≥ 40º, for whom surgery has been offered and the patient has elected not to proceed with surgery.
• • OR
• • - OPTIONAL BY SITE: aged ≥ 10 and ≤ 21 years, male or female, Curve cobb ≥ 30º and skeletally mature (with maturity defined as Age: girls \> 14 yrs; Boys \> 16 yrs and Risser of ≥ 4 Plus one of the following: Girls 2+ yrs post menarchal, boys shaving regularly, no height change in at least 6 months.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Prior spinal surgery
• • MRI abnormalities (including \> 4mm of Syrinx and/or Chiari malformation)
• • Neuromuscular or other serious co-morbidities
• • Thoracogenic or cardiogenic scoliosis
• • Associated syndrome or developmental delay
• • Unable or unwilling to firmly commit to returning for required follow-up visits