Operative Treatment of Severe Scoliosis in Symptomatic Adults: Multicenter Assessment of Outcomes and Complications With Minimum 2-Year Follow-up.

Thomas J BuellJustin S SmithChristopher I ShaffreyHan Jo KimEric O KlinebergVirginie LafageRenaud LafageThemistocles S ProtopsaltisPeter G PassiasGregory M MundisRobert K EastlackVedat DevirenMichael P KellyAlan H DanielsJeff L GumAlex SoroceanuD Kojo HamiltonMunish C GuptaDouglas C BurtonRichard A HostinKhaled M KebaishRobert A HartFrank J SchwabShay BessChristopher P Ames

Published in: Neurosurgery (2022)

Although results demonstrated high rates of complications, operative treatment of adults with severe scoliosis was associated with significant improvements in mean HRQL outcome measures for the study cohort at minimum 2-yr follow-up.

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