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Un tipo de tratamiento para la escoliosis es el uso de un corsé, el cual trabaja ejerciendo presión sobre la espalda y las costillas para impulsar la columna hacia una posición más derecha. Este corsé generalmente va ceñido alrededor del torso y puede venir en muchos estilos. En un niño que aún está creciendo, se recomienda el uso del corsé para ayudar a disminuir la progresión de la curvatura y generalmente se lleva puesto todo el tiempo hasta que el crecimiento de los huesos se haya detenido.

• Fecha de revisión: 5/15/2006
• Versión en inglés revisada por: Daniel Rauch, MD, FAAP, Director, Pediatric Hospitalist Program, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
• Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc.

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