An observational study on surgically treated adult idiopathic scoliosis patients' quality of life outcomes at 1- and 2-year follow-ups and comparison to controls.

Jennifer C TheisAnna GrauersElias DiarbakerliPanayiotis SavvidesAllan AbbottLovisa Gerdhem

Published in: Scoliosis and spinal disorders (2017)

Adults with idiopathic scoliosis experience an increase in health-related quality of life following surgery at 2-year follow-up, approaching the health-related quality of life of untreated individuals with less severe scoliosis, but remain lower than normative population data.

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