The potential benefits of surgical treatment for adult scoliosis could outweigh the increased risk of complications in some cases, according to a study published in Spine.
Patients undergoing surgery for adult scoliosis stand to gain greater improvement in disability and pain, according to the study results. Researchers examined 260 patients who underwent surgical treatment for adult scoliosis.
Seventeen percent of younger patients, age 25-44, and 71 percent of older patients, age 65-85, experienced complications. The older patients also had greater disability scores, worse health status and more leg pain than younger patients. However, each group experienced significant improvements in disability, back pain and leg pain.
The improvement in disability scores and pain scales were significantly greater among elderly patients, compared to the improvement of the younger patients.
Read the abstract about adult scoliosis surgery.
Read other coverage on adult scoliosis:
- Performing Minimally Invasive Surgery for Adult Scoliosis: Q&A With Dr. Neel Anand of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles
- Age, Gender, Race, BMI: Predictors of Adult Scoliosis
Patients undergoing surgery for adult scoliosis stand to gain greater improvement in disability and pain, according to the study results. Researchers examined 260 patients who underwent surgical treatment for adult scoliosis.
Seventeen percent of younger patients, age 25-44, and 71 percent of older patients, age 65-85, experienced complications. The older patients also had greater disability scores, worse health status and more leg pain than younger patients. However, each group experienced significant improvements in disability, back pain and leg pain.
The improvement in disability scores and pain scales were significantly greater among elderly patients, compared to the improvement of the younger patients.
Read the abstract about adult scoliosis surgery.
Read other coverage on adult scoliosis:
- Performing Minimally Invasive Surgery for Adult Scoliosis: Q&A With Dr. Neel Anand of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles
- Age, Gender, Race, BMI: Predictors of Adult Scoliosis