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.

A 14-year-old girl's severe spinal deformity was successfully corrected by doctors at Amrita Hospital. Her scoliosis ...

Acute necrotizing encephalopathy, or A.N.E., can result from influenza or other infections, including Covid-19. By Apoorva Mandavilli Photographs by Carolyn Fong Olivia Yanxi Li was entirely typical ...

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SHREVEPORT, La. - It's one of the most common spinal deformities, affecting an estimated seven million Americans: Scoliosis is an abnormal curvature of the spine. It often develops during adolescence ...

It's been a few weeks since Scoliosis Awareness Month, but it's not too late to learn the signs, symptoms and causes of scoliosis from experts. Caroline Igo (she/her/hers) was a wellness editor at ...

Neurofibromatosis is a genetic disorder characterized by tumors known as neurofibromas, which grow in the nervous system and under the skin. This disease occurs as two distinct types: ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a group of diseases that impact motor neurons, a special type of cell in your spinal cord and brain. These neurons control movement in your arms, legs, chest, face, ...

An algorithm that takes into account clinical measures of motor symptom severity alongside data on factors like age and height may help predict the risk of scoliosis in people with spinal muscular ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Early onset scoliosis patients with more osteotomies during conversion to spinal fusion had more curve ...