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Idiopathic Scoliosis

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Abstract

Idiopathic scoliosis is the most common structural spinal deformity in children and adolescents. Scoliosis is defined as a coronal spinal curvature of at least 10° [37] with rotation of the vertebral bodies of unknown origin [36].

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