Scoliosis
Alternate Names : Kyphoscoliosis, Spinal Curvature
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Scoliosis Prognosis (Expectations)
The outcome depends on the cause, location, and severity of the curve. The greater the curve, the greater the chance of progression after growth has stopped.
Mild cases treated with bracing alone do very well. People with these kinds of conditions tend not to have long-term problems, except maybe an increased incidence of low back pain when they get older. People with surgically corrected idiopathic scoliosis also do very well and can lead active, healthy lives.
Patients with neuromuscular scoliosis by definition have another serious disorder (like cerebral palsy or muscular dystrophy) so their goals are much different. Often the goal of surgery is simply to allow a child to be able to sit upright in a wheelchair.
Babies with congenital scoliosis have a wide variety of underlying deformities and management of this disease is difficult and often requires many surgeries.
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