Nonanesthetized Alternatively Repetitive Cast and Brace Treatment for Early-onset Scoliosis.
Journal
Journal of pediatric orthopedics
ISSN: 1539-2570
Titre abrégé: J Pediatr Orthop
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8109053
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2020
Sep 2020
Historique:
pubmed:
30
5
2020
medline:
15
12
2020
entrez:
30
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Use of cast is a standard treatment (Tx) choice for early-onset scoliosis. Recently, toxicity from repetitive use of general anesthesia has received attention by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). We introduce a nonanesthetized cast Tx protocol called alternatively-repetitive-cast-and-brace (ARCB) that we have used since 1995 and have conducted an extensive follow-up on these patients to verify the efficacy of this protocol. This is a retrospective cohort study. Of a consecutive series of 155 patients who have undergone cast Tx at a single institution, 98 patients (male: 36, female: 62) have been identified under the following criteria: (1) Initial age before ARCB of ≤6; (2) Follow-up period of ≥2 years; (3) Initial scoliosis ≥35 degrees. Patients consisted of the following: congenital/structural: 45, idiopathic: 23, neuromuscular: 6, syndromic: 24. Precast, postfinal cast, minimum in-cast Cobb, as well as thoracic and T1-S1 heights were measured. Fifty-six of these patients had available pulse oximetry on days before and after initial cast, and these were also evaluated to assess cardiopulmonary effects that the cast have on the patients. Patients were casted 6.6 times, with a mean initial Cobb of 56.5 degrees and a final follow-up Cobb of 57.1 degrees. Follow-up period was 5.0 years. Mean curve progression per follow-up period was 0.5 degrees/y. Minimum in-cast Cobb was 25.6 degrees. Initially patients had a thoracic and T1-S1 height of 12.6 and 22.5 cm, respectively. At final cast, these were 15.3 and 27.2 cm, respectively. Of these patients, 39 had progression >1 degree/y, of which 83.1% had resulted in surgical correction, while this was true for only 37.3% of those that did not show such progression. Idiopathic patients had the greatest correction rate by cast (69%) and had shown an overall progression rate of -2.3 degrees/y. Pulse-oximetry results were not significant amongst patients before and after cast placement. ARCB is a versatile and practical Tx choice. It is an effective delaying method in sparing time until surgery with no apparent cardiopulmonary compromise. Curve control was most effective in Idiopathic patients while some curve control was achieved in other etiologies which may have spared time until their eventual surgery. Cast Tx without the need of general anesthesia is an increasingly important topic since anesthesia toxicity from its repetitive use has become apparent. This study exemplifies safe and efficacious use of such cast with effective suppression on cast progression in different etiologies at various degrees.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Use of cast is a standard treatment (Tx) choice for early-onset scoliosis. Recently, toxicity from repetitive use of general anesthesia has received attention by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). We introduce a nonanesthetized cast Tx protocol called alternatively-repetitive-cast-and-brace (ARCB) that we have used since 1995 and have conducted an extensive follow-up on these patients to verify the efficacy of this protocol.
STUDY DESIGN
METHODS
This is a retrospective cohort study.
METHODS
METHODS
Of a consecutive series of 155 patients who have undergone cast Tx at a single institution, 98 patients (male: 36, female: 62) have been identified under the following criteria: (1) Initial age before ARCB of ≤6; (2) Follow-up period of ≥2 years; (3) Initial scoliosis ≥35 degrees. Patients consisted of the following: congenital/structural: 45, idiopathic: 23, neuromuscular: 6, syndromic: 24. Precast, postfinal cast, minimum in-cast Cobb, as well as thoracic and T1-S1 heights were measured. Fifty-six of these patients had available pulse oximetry on days before and after initial cast, and these were also evaluated to assess cardiopulmonary effects that the cast have on the patients.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Patients were casted 6.6 times, with a mean initial Cobb of 56.5 degrees and a final follow-up Cobb of 57.1 degrees. Follow-up period was 5.0 years. Mean curve progression per follow-up period was 0.5 degrees/y. Minimum in-cast Cobb was 25.6 degrees. Initially patients had a thoracic and T1-S1 height of 12.6 and 22.5 cm, respectively. At final cast, these were 15.3 and 27.2 cm, respectively. Of these patients, 39 had progression >1 degree/y, of which 83.1% had resulted in surgical correction, while this was true for only 37.3% of those that did not show such progression. Idiopathic patients had the greatest correction rate by cast (69%) and had shown an overall progression rate of -2.3 degrees/y. Pulse-oximetry results were not significant amongst patients before and after cast placement.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
ARCB is a versatile and practical Tx choice. It is an effective delaying method in sparing time until surgery with no apparent cardiopulmonary compromise. Curve control was most effective in Idiopathic patients while some curve control was achieved in other etiologies which may have spared time until their eventual surgery.
SIGNIFICANCE
CONCLUSIONS
Cast Tx without the need of general anesthesia is an increasingly important topic since anesthesia toxicity from its repetitive use has become apparent. This study exemplifies safe and efficacious use of such cast with effective suppression on cast progression in different etiologies at various degrees.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32467419
doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000001598
pii: 01241398-202009000-00014
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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