[Preoperative management of scoliosis by positioning the trunk on its convex side]

A new method, hanging the scoliotic trunk on its convex side, for preoperative management of scoliosis was described and has been used on 36 patients with good result. The weight used varied individually from 10 kg to 40 kg to lift the convex side 5 to 8 cm above the bed surface on which he or she lay. Hanging in this way in about 2 weeks would stretch out and relax the soft tissues on the convex side, resulting in maximum correction. This method is simple, effective and without side effect. We would think that it is an ideal way for preoperative correction of idiopathic scoliosis.