The burden of scoliosis: a nationwide database study on demographics, incidence, and surgical rates.
Yavuz Sağlamİzzet BingölNiyazi Erdem YaşarEbru DumlupinarNaim AtaMustafa Mahir ÜlgüŞuayip BirinciGüzelali ÖzdemirOkan AslantürkBarış Görgünnull nullPublished 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.