BACKGROUND Body deformities in patients with scoliosis significantly affect appearance perception. The majority of studies on this topic have analyzed the relation between radiological and clinical assessment performed by doctors, and patients' perception of deformity. The object of this study was to adapt the Spinal Appearance Questionnaire (SAQ) to Polish conditions and to explore the percept...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical and economic impact of a novel postoperative pathway following posterior spinal fusion (PSF) in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). METHODS Patient charts were reviewed for demographic data and to determine length of surgery, implant density, use of osteotomies, estimated blood loss, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score, length ...

INTRODUCTION The predominant classification systems for scoliosis have been based either on etiology or curve pattern. Traditionally triple curves have not been included in either classification system. METHODS We reviewed the records of all children with an idiopathic triple scoliotic curve seen between 1988 and 2001 at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, a major pediatric re...

We aimed to explore the long-term outcomes of back and neck pain and functionality in adult females with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), who had been treated with a Milwaukee brace, in a follow-up study a minimum of 23 years after the completion of the treatment, using radiological, clinical and socio-demographical data. Thirty AIS patients (scoliosis group-SG), were included in the stud...

OBJECTIVE To analyse the effectiveness of hospital-based case management (CM) in terms of patient-reported outcomes. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial allocating participants 1 : 1 to either a CM intervention or a control group. Allocation status was evident to participants and case managers, but blinded to researchers. SETTING Patients were recruited at a Danish surgical department where ...

BACKGROUND Clinicians who assess and treat patients for scoliosis typically use parameters that are all visible from the posterior view. Radiographs assess the internal spinal deformity, but do not directly evaluate body shape, either posterior or anterior. This is problematic, as the patient is most concerned about the way they appear in the mirror. An objective set of anterior measurements is...

BACKGROUND The reported prevalence of scoliosis in children with Prader-Willi syndrome varies from 15% to 86%. OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of scoliosis and the effects of age, gender, body mass index (BMI), total lean body mass (LBM), LBM of the trunk (trunkLBM) and genotype. DESIGN Radiographs were taken, length and weight were measured (BMI standard deviation scores (BMI SDS) and bo...

Adult degenerative scoliosis associated with lumbar stenosis has become a common issue in the elderly population. But its surgical management is on debating. The main issue condenses on the management priority of scoliosis or stenosis. This study is to investigate surgical management strategy and outcome of adult degenerative scoliosis associated with lumbar stenosis. Between January 2003 and D...