Surgery for the Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients After Skeletal Maturity: Early Versus Late Surgery

ConclusionTreatment of the adult scoliosis patient who has undergone an estimated natural history of progression is characterized by greater levels fused, operative time, and higher complication rates than the AIS counterpart. Longer-term follow-up of AIS is needed to define the benefits of early intervention of relatively asymptomatic adolescent patients versus late treatment of symptomatic disease in the adult.

Source: Spine Deformity - December 24, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research