Treatment stability of Milwaukee brace in idiopathic hyperkyphosis

Mehdikhani M 1 , Behtash H 2 , Ganjavian MS 2 , Abu Osman NA 3 , Khalaj N 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Rehabilitation Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran smehdikhani@gmail.com
  • 2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shafa Yahyaiian Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
  • 3 Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Prosthet Orthot Int, 2014 Aug;38(4):316-20.
PMID: 23950552 DOI: 10.1177/0309364613499063

Abstract

The Milwaukee brace is an efficient method for correcting hyperkyphosis before skeletal maturity. However, loss of correction in long-term follow-up is inevitable.

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