Washington, DC - Recent advances in surgery for severe scoliosis have improved the correction rates from 55% in the past to around 80% to 85% in many cases, says Dr Daniel Sucato (Texas Scottish Rite ...

Surgeons who perform a type of spinal surgery for scoliosis, which the FDA approved in 2019, say insurance companies aren’t aligning their policies with the latest medical research. Anne Marie ...

For many children with scoliosis, bracing is a crucial intervention that can avert the progression of spinal deformities. Pediatric orthopedic surgeon Joshua Speirs, MD, outlines how braces are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Operative treatment of adult symptomatic lumbar scoliosis had significantly greater and durable clinical ...

COLORADO (KRDO) – Thirteen-year-old Nora Casper knows firsthand how scary spine surgery can be. Diagnosed with congenital scoliosis as a baby, she’s undergone multiple spinal procedures, including her ...

In recognition of Scoliosis Awareness Month, a Wake County teenager is turning her experience with the spinal condition into a mission to educate others. 17-year-old Lauren Herb was diagnosed with ...

A man has gone viral after posting dramatic before-and-after X-rays of his spine following surgery to correct severe scoliosis. Oliver Mandela, who goes by u/Sure_Pangolin_9421 on Reddit, titled his ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 72-year-old woman, and I have developed painful burning and tingling in my feet over the past several months, to the point that I cannot sleep many nights. Unfortunately, I ...

Surgical treatment of scoliosis in children with cerebral palsy reduced the incidence of pneumonia requiring hospitalisation and the risk for pneumonia-related deaths compared with non-surgical ...

Anne Marie Hukriede has three times appealed her insurance company’s decision not to cover her daughter’s scoliosis surgery. The answer each time was the same: Aetna considers the procedure that ...