Table 5.
Results in 272 Boston braced patients with late-onset juvenile or adolescent idiopathic scoliosis at mean follow-up of 24.7 years
| Outcome | Brace n = 215 |
Brace and surgery n = 25 |
Brace and major curve ≥ 45° at follow-up n = 32 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Back Question | 32 | 4 | 22 |
| Excellent | 41 | 56 | 34 |
| Good | 23 | 36 | 34 |
| Fair | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Poor | |||
| General Function Score (0-100) | 6.4 (10.3) | 12.2 (14.1) | 11.1 (17.5) |
| Oswestry Disability Index | |||
| (0-100) | 8.0 (10.8) | 17.0 (15.0)* | 12.6 (15.3) |
| EQ - 5D (-0.5 to 1.0) | 0.83 (0.19) | 0.66 (0.31)* | 0.73 (0.27) |
| EQ - VAS (0-100) | 80.0 (16.6) | 69.2 (18.4)* | 72.0 (21.4) |
| SRS-22 (1-5) | |||
| Pain | 4.1 (0.8) | 3.6 (1.0) | 4.0 (0.8) |
| Physical function | 4.1 (0.6) | 3.6 (0.8)* | 3.9 (0.9) |
| Mental health | 4.1 (0.6) | 3.9 (0.7) | 4.2 (0.7) |
| Self -image | 3.8 (0.7) | 3.4 (0.8)* | 3.3 (0.8)## |
| Satisfaction | 3.7 (1.0) | 3.8 (0.7) | 3.3 (1.1) |
Percentages or means (standard deviations) are given.
Brace compared with brace and surgery: * p < 0.05
Brace compared with brace and major curve ≥ 45°: ## p < 0.01