Scoliosis Surgery: Step by Step through Treatment
Are you or your child facing scoliosis surgery? If so, you are not alone! Thousands of adults and children around the world undergo spine surgery to treat scoliosis each year. The reasons an adult undergoes scoliosis surgery may differ from a child. Most adults are treated for pain related to the scoliosis and deformity progression. Sometimes neurological deficits accompany adult scoliosis and require treatment. On the other hand, children are treated for progressive curves more than 40-degrees (for idiopathic scoliosis). Common to both adults and children is the goal of surgery: to avoid or stop pulmonary (lung) disease caused by severe thoracic (ribbed spine) curvature and to correct disfiguring spinal deformity.
To learn more about scoliosis surgery and what may be involved, please click on the links below.
Your Scoliosis Surgery: What You Should Know
Scoliosis Surgery: Goals and Considerations
Scoliosis Curve Considerations
Degenerative Conditions and Crankshaft Phenomenon
Scoliosis: A Three-Dimensional Problem
Scoliosis Surgery: Approaches and Procedures
Anterior (Front) Approach and Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)
Scoliosis Rib Hump and Curve Correction
What is Vertebral Column Resection?
X-rays and Tests before Scoliosis Surgery
Scoliosis Surgery: Preparation Steps and Surgical Risks
After Scoliosis Surgery: Pain Management, Activity, Eating, Hospital Discharge
Recovery from Scoliosis Surgery
Common Questions about Scoliosis Surgery