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OrthoPediatrics and ApiFix are committed to helping patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and their families make informed decisions about treatment options in partnership with their ...

A series of converging advances in bio-implant technology, from brain-spine interfaces to lab-grown spinal tissue, is bringing the long-elusive goal of spinal cord repair closer to clinical reality.

If you’re at a doctor’s appointment and the provider says “spine disorder,” you might stop in your tracks. But you don’t ...

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a 3D spine deformity, defined by a lateral curvature and axial rotation that affects 1-3% of 10-16-year-olds. Treatment decisions are made based on predicting ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. For a long time, spinal fusion was the only surgery to treat ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My 10-year-old daughter was just diagnosed with scoliosis. The curve is 19 degrees, and I have read that it could worsen with time. Will she need to wear a brace? Or is surgery ...