Although many people are familiar with scoliosis as a disease affecting school-aged adolescents, it can and does affect adults, too, even if they didn't have it as a child. The disease in adolescents ...

For years, spine surgeons have debated the best methods for treating scoliosis in adults. Spinal curvature often results in more back pain, leg pain and other symptoms for adults than teens because ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - When you think of scoliosis, it's most often associated with kids, during the growth spurt just before puberty. But, adults can get scoliosis, too. Kathleen Mosier had severe lower ...

(WISH) — Doctors have given relief to a woman who was living in debilitating life-altering pain every day from scoliosis. About 7 million people have been diagnosed with a sideways curve of the spine.

For patients with scoliosis-- a musculoskeletal disorder in which the spine develops a sideways curve -- orthopedists must take into account many factors to determine what level of intervention, if ...

Some people may believe scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine, is a condition that only develops during adolescence, but it can also turn up in adulthood. My 55-year-old mother was just ...

Feb. 28, 2003 — Repair of adult scoliosis is effective in providing pain relief, functional restoration, and patient satisfaction over the long term, according to a case series published in the ...

(HealthDay News) — In adult middle-aged patients undergoing primary scoliosis surgery, the 10-year survival rate is 61%, according to a study published in the August 1 issue of The Spine Journal.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 65-year-old male. I’ve had scoliosis since childhood.

Researchers have designed a new X-ray classification system for adult idiopathic scoliosis that can more precisely define which parts of the spine need correction, an achievement that could enhance ...

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 ...

For years, spine surgeons have debated the best methods for treating scoliosis in adults. Spinal curvature often results in more back pain, leg pain and other symptoms for adults than teens because ...