The burden of scoliosis: a nationwide database study on demographics, incidence, and surgical rates.

Yavuz Sağlam Izzet Bingol Niyazi Erdem Yaşar Ebru Dumlupinar Naim Ata Mustafa Mahir Ülgü Şuayip Birinci Güzelali Özdemir Okan Aslantürk Barış Görgünnull null

Published in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2023)

Our findings reveal a significant increase in the average incidence of scoliosis diagnosis, rising from 107 per 100,000 individuals in 2015 to 161 per 100,000 in 2022. Scoliosis now impacts an estimated 1.2% of children and adolescents in Turkey. The risk is 1.45 times higher in females than in males.

Keyphrases

risk factors
genome wide
single cell
emergency department
dna methylation
gene expression
adverse drug