Ortopedia, traumatologia, rehabilitacja
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Ortop Traumatol Rehabil · Jun 2005
[The use of thermographic examination to evaluate outcome in the conservative and surgical treatment of lateral scoliosis].
Background. Diagnosis and evaluation of treatment outcome in scoliosis require the implementation of simple, noninvasive and accurate diagnostic methods. Thermovision, depending on remote skin surface temperature measurement, has found application in various medical disciplines. ⋯ Conclusions. Thermographic examination is a simple, noninvasive and useful method for monitoring and assessing outcomes, in both conservative and operative treatment of scoliosis. A special area of application of this method is the early diagnosis of postoperative complications.