The effect of pregnancy on idiopathic scoliosis.

To study the effect of pregnancy on idiopathic scoliosis, ten patients were followed through nineteen pregnancies. Three patients lost 2, 6, and 18 degrees of correction during their initial pregnancies, but the curves remained the same or improved with later pregnancies. The curves of the remaining seven patients, which had stabilized before conception, did not progress.

Milwaukee brace treatment of idiopathic scoliosis: late results.

Forty-seven patients returned for examination, X-ray and statistical analysis of the results more than 5 years after Milwaukee braces had been discontinued. The mean curves showed a characteristic pattern of rapid improvement after the brace was applied and then gradual loss of correction during the follow-up. There was no statistically significant variation when the results were analyzed according to initial age, initial curve size, or curve pattern.