Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is the most common type of scoliosis. Nowadays, routine screeningin scoliosis turns out to be controversial as to there are doubts about its actual effectiveness in reducing the rate ofsurgery in these patients and its significant rate of false positives. Therefore, a review and update on the currentstatus of the issue of screening in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is made.

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is the most common type of scoliosis. Nowadays, routine screeningin scoliosis turns out to be controversial as to there are doubts about its actual effectiveness in reducing the rate ofsurgery in these patients and its significant rate of false positives. Therefore, a review and update on the currentstatus of the issue of screening in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is made.