Assessment of Quality of Life for Scheuermann's Kyphosis Patients with Cobb's Angle 50°-65° Treated Conservatively or Surgically in North Jordan: A Prospective Comparative Study.
Ziad Ali AudatKhalid Ahmed KheirallahBayan Faisal AbabnehHisham Zaidon AljamalJomana Waleed AlsulaimanYaman Sameer BatainehMohammad Moneer AlgharibehAbdarrahman Ziad AudatPublished in: Clinics in orthopedic surgery (2022)
Surgical treatment of Scheuermann's kyphosis with curves of 50°-65° resulted in better QOL, Cobb's angle, and PFT than conservative treatment. This was because of lower patient cooperation in the conservative management group, which made the curve less flexible for exercises and bracing.