[Pre-operative correction of severe scoliosis by halo and walking-frame system (author's transl)]

Ten cases of very severe scoliotic curves have been corrected pre-operatively by permanent traction with a halo suspended at a walking-frame device. The mean initial angulation was 110 degrees and the mean pre-operative correction was 48% for a mean use of two months. This procedure permits the patients a sub-normal activity, gives a good correction as "halo-cast" or "halo-pelvic" and avoids all cutaneous, neurological or psychological complications.