Year: 2009
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The main aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of Idiopathic Scoliosis among the Algiers school population. However, the analysis of the results also enabled us to sketch a profile of the typical Algerian child with scoliosis. The epidemiological profile of this disease has scarcely been studied in our country. In fact, management of Spinal Deformities was only effective in a few specialized centers in Algiers City, and thus all the patients with scoliosis who are diagnosed throughout the country had to move to the capital for treatment. Considering the frequency of severe deformities we had been treating, we deemed it important and urgent to focus our efforts on the timely detection of childhood curvatures before it becomes too late for conservative treatment
Source: Scoliosis
Authors: H Kaced, H Belabassi
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2077567093