A retrospective analysis was carried out in a group of 41 patients affected by idiopathic scoliosis treated by Milwaukee brace. The aim of the study was to asses the effect of the brace in the evolution of the thoracic sagital curve. We observed a higher frecuency of cases with thoracic lordosis in patients with less than 12 years of age, or in those treated for more than 3 years. There were cases who wore the brace for more than 5 years with no modification in the sagital curve. In conclusion, the Milwaukee brace induced a lordotic effect in just one third of patients treated for idiopathic scoliosis. The onset of treatment in patients under 12 years and long a periods of treatment should be considered as the predisponing factors for thoracic lordosis.... [Leer más...]