Early scoliosis. Guide for treatment with limited resources. Ed. Akhmada A.A., Agarval A.

The book is devoted to one of the most urgent problems of orthopedics - the diagnosis and treatment of scoliotic deformation in young children, when the potential of the spine is not exhausted. Its creation was attended by a large team of authors - representatives of various countries, united by the same problems (lack of financial resources, low levels of healthcare of regions and insufficient professional training of medical personnel). The authors not only list problems, but also offer ways to solve them, both in the preparation of specialists and in matters of tactics and methods of treating the pathology of the spine in children. Much attention is paid to the complications that experts may encounter, both in cases of natural progression of deformation in the absence of timely treatment, and in cases where treatment is carried out not enough qualified. The proposed methods of surgical treatment of early scoliosis in developing countries are practically united and quite effective and can be useful for specialists in developed countries with a high level of healthcare system.

The management is intended as practical vertebral orthopedists involved in the treatment of children with early Scoliosis, and health care managers organizing specialist training and creating regional specialized centers for the treatment of spinal pathology.