Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis at Least 40 Years After Surgery.
Tsutomu AkazawaToshiaki KotaniTsuyoshi SakumaYasushi IijimaYoshiaki ToriiJun UenoTasuku UmeharaMasahiro IinumaAtsuhiro YoshidaKen TomochikaSumihisa OritaYawara EguchiKazuhide InageYasuhiro ShigaJunichi NakamuraYusuke MatsuuraTakane SuzukiHisateru NikiSeiji OhtoriShohei MinamiPublished in: Spine (2022)
Among patients with AIS who underwent spinal fusion(s) between 1968 and 1982, we found health-related QOL to be maintained over the last 13 years. Relatively good QOL was appreciated in this population of patients who are now middle-aged and older.