“For adults, spine surgery is mostly about removing pain ... “We’ve become exceptional at correcting scoliosis using fusion technology, but it's highly dependent on the surgeon’s ...

Typically as you get older, your scoliosis progresses and gets worse,' she explained. 'When I was 14, my curvature was probably maybe 15 or 20 degrees. 'By the time I had spine surgery ...

Although not all instances require surgery, scoliosis in its progressive form ... the surgery —termed posterior spinal fusion with instrumentation — combined both the fusion of vertebrae ...

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 ...

Doctors diagnose scoliosis when a spinal curvature ... but some 38,000 undergo spinal fusion surgery each year, according to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.