When
is surgery recommended?
This ultimate treatment applies to 1
out of 23 scoliotic patients. It is recommended when the
scoliosis is:
• Severe
• Rapidly worsening
• A trunk deformity
is prominent.
What type of surgery is performed?
Metal rods are fixed to the spine
and a vertebral fusion is done to assist the implant.
It requires a surgical
procedure done under general anaesthesia. The region
of the spine that
has been operated on or fused becomes rigid; this has
normally no major consequences to the daily life
of the patient, short
or mid- term although inevitably, there is some restriction
of movement.
What is the purpose
of the surgery?
• To reduce the
deformity
• To stop the progression
• To avoid severe consequences on respiratory and cardiac
functions which could evolve in the future.
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