The Thoraco-Lumbo-Sacral Orthosis (TLSO), also called a Boston Brace, is the most common variety of scoliosis brace. It is used to treat curves in the lumbar or thoraco-lumbar spine. The brace is custom-molded from plastic to fit the childâs body.
For other uses, see Sloughing (disambiguation). Sloughing (pronounced sluffing) in biology refers to the act of shedding or casting off dead tissue, such as cells of the endometrium, shed during menstruation, or the shedding of skin in amphibians. Skin sloughing is the process of shedding dead surface cells from the skin.
Slough has different meanings as a nounn and as a verb: As a verb it can be used as a verb with similar meanings to th e above: Also as verb it can mean: 1  As a noun it can be a depression or hollow, usually filled with deep mud or shallow water.lough is a yellow or brown tissue over a wound bed. it is tissue that is dead and needs to be debrided. Her heel has yellow slough on it.. Slough as a noun, pronounced s â¦ loo, means a swamp, or a a period of lack of progress.