European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
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The indications for magnetic resonance imaging in presumed adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) have not been established, with some studies suggesting that rates of spinal cord abnormalities are low and question the use of the routine MRI in AIS. ⋯ Our audit demonstrates that neither coronal nor sagittal misbalance should be used as an indicator of neural axis abnormalities.