Surgical correction of scoliosis in patients with DMD remains controversial. This retrospective study enrolled patients who underwent posterior instrumented spinal fusion to correct spinal deformity ...

Washington, DC - Recent advances in surgery for severe scoliosis have improved the correction rates from 55% in the past to around 80% to 85% in many cases, says Dr Daniel Sucato (Texas Scottish Rite ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Idiopathic scoliosis is a lateral or side curvature of the spine that is a 3D deformity presenting most commonly ...

A case series of corrective surgeries in children with severe scoliosis due to spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1 showed a positive success rate, but with significant postoperative complications.

Most patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) develop scoliosis, which can compromise sitting posture and respiratory function. There is controversy as to whether and when scoliosis should be ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The novel osteotomy and Ponte osteotomy groups had a slight increase in blood loss and surgical time vs. the no ...

Low BMI Tied to Better Surgical Scoliosis Curve Correction For patients undergoing spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), low body mass index (BMI) is associated with greater percent ...

Magnetically-Controlled Rod Shows Promise for Scoliosis Surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) significantly improves quality of life (QOL). (HealthDay News) – Surgical treatment ...

For Reagan Nehring, running is everything. "I love running so much," said the 14-year-old hurdler for L'Anse Creuse North. "Sometimes I'll complain about it because I ...

Kennedy Garnhart was first diagnosed with scoliosis when she was 12. When she was 17 the curve in her spine had become so serious that Dr. Brian Shaw, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon with Children’s ...

Although many people are familiar with scoliosis as a disease affecting school-aged adolescents, it can and does affect adults, too, even if they didn't have it as a child. The disease in adolescents ...