Operative Versus Nonoperative Treatment of Leg Pain in Adults With Scoliosis

2009250 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Justin S. Smith · University of Virginia

Christopher I. Shaffrey · Northwestern University

Sigurd Berven · University of California, San Francisco

Steven D. Glassman · International Spine and Pain Institute

Christopher L. Hamill · University at Buffalo, State University of New York

William C. Horton · Emory University Orthopaedics and Spine Hospital

Stephen L. Ondra

Abstract

Despite having started with significantly greater leg pain and disability, surgically treated patients at 2-year follow-up had significantly less leg pain and disability than nonoperatively treated patients. Surgical treatment has the potential to provide significant improvement of leg pain in 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: Spine

Volume 34, Issue 16, pp. 1693-1698

DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e3181ac5fcd

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 5.72

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Operative Versus Nonoperative Treatment of Leg Pain in Adults With Scoliosis

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