[Progress of untreated scoliosis following poliomyelitis up to the end of the growth-period (author's transl)].

Further to an earlier paper on progression of untreated idiopathic scoliosis 37 patients with scoliosis following poliomyelitis are reported on. 16 of them could be observed for 2 years or more having had no treatment. Their progression is clearly more extensive than that of idiopathic scoliosis. But like them it is at a peak during the prepubertal spurt of growth. It also is more obvious the earlier it is recognized. The prognosis of post-poliomyelitic scoliosis is particularly bad when it starts shortly after onset of the paralysis.