Effectiveness of school scoliosis screening and the importance of this method in measures to reduce morbidity in an Italian territory.

Although several procedures for treating scoliosis have been developed, the most effective treatment is still based on early detection. For early diagnosis of idiopathic scoliosis, many authors have proposed methods of school screening; however, there is still no standardized screening program. The aim of this study was to evaluate a school screening method and the prevalence and distribution of scoliosis in Italian school children, aged 9-14 years, and to determine if the screening method can reduce morbidity in an Italian territory.

Curve progression after long-term brace treatment in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: comparative results between over and under 30 Cobb degrees - SOSORT 2017 award winner.

Background: The factors influencing curve behavior following bracing are incompletely understood and there is no agreement if scoliotic curves stop progressing with skeletal maturity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the loss of the scoliotic curve correction in patients treated with bracing during adolescence and to compare patient outcomes of under and over 30 Cobb degrees, 10 years after brace removal.

Methods: We reviewed 93 (87 female) of 200 and nine patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) who were treated with the Lyon or PASB brace at a mean of 15 years (range 10-35).

Why X-rays are not reliable to assess sagittal profile: a cross sectional study.

Background: X-rays are the gold standard evaluation for sagittal plane deformities even if, to see the spine, it's necessary to move the arms from the resting position to a forward one. The postural impact of arm positions has never been verified. The aim of this study is to measure the effect of arm positioning on surface topography measure.

Terminology - glossary including acronyms and quotations in use for the conservative spinal deformities treatment: 8th SOSORT consensus paper.

Background: This report is the SOSORT Consensus Paper on Terminology for use in the treatment of conservative spinal deformities. Figures are provided and relevant literature is cited where appropriate.

Methods: The Delphi method was used to reach a preliminary consensus before the meeting, where the terms that still needed further clarification were discussed.

Human leukocyte antigen class II genes and Helicobacter pylori infection: does genotype overwhelm environmental exposure?

Objective: We investigated associations between human leukocyte antigen class II genes, environmental exposures, and Helicobacter pylori infection.

Methods: Sixty-eight subjects with histologically confirmed H. pylori and intestinal metaplasia (cases) and 70 healthy subjects without H.

Predictors of metachronous colorectal neoplasms in sporadic adenoma patients.

Our objective was to assess the overall risk of subsequent colorectal neoplasms (cancer or adenoma) in relation with the various characteristics of the index lesion in a cohort of patients who underwent endoscopic polypectomies of colorectal adenomas. A total of 1086 patients with adenomas of the large bowel were reported between 1979 and 1999 at the National Cancer Institute of Milan during a screening program for colorectal carcinoma. Data on patients who had colonoscopic examinations and treatments were collected prospectively.