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While measuring the height of a 12-year-old girl during an office visit, the primary care physician noted a deviation of the girl's spine.
 
  This was subsequently quantified as being a right curve scoliosis of approximately 10-degree deviation. Which of the following treatment options is most clearly indicated?
  A)
  Use of a Milwaukee brace during waking hours
  B)
  Surgical correction of the girl's spine
  C)
  Observation and no active treatment
  D)
  Use of external rods to correct the deviation
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For persons with lesser degrees of curvature (10 to 20 degrees), the trend has been away from aggressive treatment of scoliosis and toward a wait-and-see approach, taking advantage of the more sophisticated diagnostic methods that now are available. The use of surgery or braces is not indicated with a 10-degree curvature.
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