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Home: Patients and Families: Conditions & Treatments: For Parents: Scoliosis: Early Onset Scoliosis: Infantile Idiopathic Scoliosis

Infantile Idiopathic Scoliosis

Diagnosed before age 4
No known cause
Equally affects boys and girls
>90% resolve without treatment
Certain x-ray features can suggest high risk of progressive curvature—large curve size and large rotational appearance of chest—developing

Treatment Options

Observation
Bracing / Casting
Surgery

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