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The treatment of severe scoliosis can be very challenging despite the benefits of modern instrumentation methods, especially if there is a significant kyphosis or a history of intraspinal pathology. Halo-gravity traction is a safe, well-tolerated method of applying gradual, sustained traction to maximize postoperative correction in this difficult population. There were no permanent neurologic deficits in this series.

Diagnostic study, Level II (development of diagnostic criteria on consecutive patients-with universally applied reference "gold" standard). See the Guidelines for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.