Here are three takeaways:
1. Gathering physicians spoke about infantile casting, use of magnetic growth rods, spine growth modulation, vitamin D impact on scoliosis and scoliosis specific exercises and braces.
2. Physicians also held discussions on further developing a Shriners Hospitals for Children database of scoliosis cases to improve research and care.
3. Mark Niederpruem, Shriners Hospitals for Children administrator, said, “It is through this sharing of information that new techniques and improved outcomes are discovered and implemented.”
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