IMPROVEMENT OF BACK PAIN WITH OPERATIVE AND NONOPERATIVE TREATMENT IN ADULTS WITH SCOLIOSIS

2009266 citationsJournal Article

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Justin S. Smith · Northwestern University

Christopher I. Shaffrey · Northwestern University

Sigurd Berven · Northwestern University

Steven D. Glassman · Northwestern University

Christopher L. Hamill · Northwestern University

William C. Horton · Northwestern University

Stephen L. Ondra

Abstract

Despite having started with significantly greater back pain and disability and worse health status, surgically treated patients had significantly less back pain and disability and improved health status compared with nonoperatively treated patients at the time of the 2-year follow-up evaluation. Compared with nonoperative treatment, surgery can offer significant improvement of back pain for adults with scoliosis.

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Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology

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Published in: Neurosurgery

Volume 65, Issue 1, pp. 86-94

DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000347005.35282.6c

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IMPROVEMENT OF BACK PAIN WITH OPERATIVE AND NONOPERATIVE TREATMENT IN ADULTS WITH SCOLIOSIS

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