For years, spine surgeons have debated the best methods for treating scoliosis in adults. Spinal curvature often results in more back pain, leg pain and other symptoms for adults than teens because ...

Surgeons have been correcting severe scoliosis for decades. They straightened the spine, but didn’t have the ability to correct the rotation, so a telltale rib hump still protruded after surgery. One ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - When you think of scoliosis, it's most often associated with kids, during the growth spurt just before puberty. But, adults can get scoliosis, too. Kathleen Mosier had severe lower ...

Scoliosis is a condition where a patient’s spine exhibits an abnormal lateral curvature, most commonly forming a C- or S-shape. In Malaysia, a study indicates that around 2.55% of Malaysians aged 13 ...

(WISH) — Doctors have given relief to a woman who was living in debilitating life-altering pain every day from scoliosis. About 7 million people have been diagnosed with a sideways curve of the spine.

For patients with scoliosis-- a musculoskeletal disorder in which the spine develops a sideways curve -- orthopedists must take into account many factors to determine what level of intervention, if ...

June is National Scoliosis Awareness Month, and Brain and Spine Surgeons of New York, or BSSNY, is using the occasion to highlight the condition and bring attention to ultramodern nonsurgical and ...

Researchers have designed a new X-ray classification system for adult idiopathic scoliosis that can more precisely define which parts of the spine need correction, an achievement that could enhance ...

Today’s surgeons can nick out your gallbladder via your belly button and excise your thyroid gland without cutting your neck. Now some doctors have added one of recent history’s most grueling ...

Treating curvature of the spine as an adult often involves pain relief medications, exercise, or spinal injections to soothe symptoms. Surgery may only be necessary for adults with severe curvature or ...

(HealthDay News) — In adult middle-aged patients undergoing primary scoliosis surgery, the 10-year survival rate is 61%, according to a study published in the August 1 issue of The Spine Journal.

For years, spine surgeons have debated the best methods for treating scoliosis in adults. Spinal curvature often results in more back pain, leg pain and other symptoms for adults than teens because ...