Surgical correction for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis can raise the patient's self-esteem, according to an article published in Spine.
Researchers examined 46 patients with Cobb angles of more than 30 degrees. Twenty-one patients with Cobb angles of more than 40 degrees underwent surgery. There were no differences between groups in age, sex or major curve location between the groups.
The major curve Cobb angle decreased significantly after treatment in the surgery group, but not in the nonsurgically treated group. Pre-intervention self-esteem scores were significantly higher in the nonsurgically treated groups. However, both groups reported high satisfaction and self-esteem scores postoperatively, with the surgically treated group reporting significantly higher scores than the nonsurgically treated group.
Read the abstract about self-esteem after surgery for scoliosis.
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Researchers examined 46 patients with Cobb angles of more than 30 degrees. Twenty-one patients with Cobb angles of more than 40 degrees underwent surgery. There were no differences between groups in age, sex or major curve location between the groups.
The major curve Cobb angle decreased significantly after treatment in the surgery group, but not in the nonsurgically treated group. Pre-intervention self-esteem scores were significantly higher in the nonsurgically treated groups. However, both groups reported high satisfaction and self-esteem scores postoperatively, with the surgically treated group reporting significantly higher scores than the nonsurgically treated group.
Read the abstract about self-esteem after surgery for scoliosis.
Read other coverage on scoliosis:
- 8 Leaders in Scoliosis Surgery to Know
- 6 Points on Surgical Intervention for Scoliosis
- Rotational Pattern Determines Idiopathic Scoliosis Curve