TY - JOUR AU - Heemskerk, Johan L. AU - Altena, Mark AU - Kempen, Diederik H. R. PY - 2018 DA - 2018/01/09 TI - LETTER TO THE EDITOR CONCERNING: Effectiveness of the Rigo ChĂȘneau versus Boston-style orthoses for adolescent idiopathicscoliosis: a retrospective study, by Minsk MK, Venuti KD, Daumit GL, Sponseller PD. Scoliosis Spinal Disord. 2017 Mar 20;12:7 JO - Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders SP - 2 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - We have read with great interest the article by Minsk et al. in Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders. However, the authors reported a conclusion that is based on possible selection bias in surgical candidates. Physicians are trained in the interpretation of scientific articles; however, not everybody is able to do this. Especially in open access journals, a biased conclusion may have big consequences and may be misleading for patients and family members who can read these articles for free on the internet. SN - 2397-1789 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13013-017-0147-6 DO - 10.1186/s13013-017-0147-6 ID - Heemskerk2018 ER -