A Michigan Medicine study found that preadolescent children with severe neuromuscular scoliosis who are treated with growth-friendly surgery prior to spinal fusion have more complications and ...

Patients with scoliosis who undergo surgery may be less likely to develop an infection or other complications after the procedure when a novel wound closure technique pioneered at NYU Langone Medical ...

(HealthDay)—Increases in the upper thoracic scoliotic curve, thoracic kyphosis, and number of rod-lengthening procedures are risk factors for postoperative complications associated with growing-rod ...

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.

Patients with scoliosis who undergo surgery may be less likely to develop an infection or other complications after the procedure when a novel wound closure technique is utilized, according to new ...

(HealthDay News) — From 2000–2009, the overall in-hospital complication rate for pediatric patients with idiopathic scoliosis who underwent spinal fusion was 14.4%, with respiratory complications ...

A new study finds that some children with cerebral palsy and scoliosis do not require pelvic fixation when undergoing growth-friendly treatment. Researchers say those with a small enough pelvic and ...

In the last decade, 14.4 percent of pediatric patients with idiopathic scoliosis who underwent spinal fusion had in-hospital complications, according to a study published in Spine. Researchers used ...

Extreme lateral interbody fusion, in which one or two small incisions are made in the side of the body to access the disc space and perform fusion, was found to be less invasive and just as effective ...

About one-third of children with osteogenesis imperfecta develop scoliosis and the incidence increases with age, according to results of a retrospective study. Investigators who studied this condition ...

A Michigan Medicine study found that preadolescent children with severe neuromuscular scoliosis who are treated with growth-friendly surgery prior to spinal fusion have more complications and ...