Scoliosis is the medical term for a sideways curvature of the spine. Spinal fusion surgery (SFS) for scoliosis fuses two or more vertebrae together to help straighten the spine and prevent the ...

High school freshman Lily, 14, is 13 months post-scoliosis surgery and wants to help other kids know it’s OK to be scared, but you will get better. “It’s a lot to handle, but at some point, you’re ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. For most teenagers, a scoliosis diagnosis means wearing a ...

Maddy Welz always loved to dance. Even before she learned how to tie her own shoes, she was performing pliés and practicing tap steps. But her life changed when she was diagnosed with scoliosis at the ...

Once scoliosis curves reach a certain size, they can continue to worsen, leading to pain, breathing problems, and heart strain later in life. Pediatric surgeon Joel Turtle, MD, PhD, explains how ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- There is a new alternative for kids who need surgery to treat scoliosis. The condition is an abnormal curvature of the spine and it affects about seven million people in the U.S ...

Kody and Christine Brown’s daughter Ysabel shared a picture of her scar from scoliosis surgery one year later. Pic credit: @ysabelpaigebrown/Instagram On the one-year anniversary of her scoliosis ...

“His whole childhood was spent waiting for things to get better,” Gillian Morrison said after her son Harvey’s death Courtesy of Gillian Morrison Harvey Morrison was born with severe scoliosis and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Richard Menger is a neurosurgeon and a political scientist. A post-operative x-ray showing a spinal deformity correction for ...

A case series of corrective surgeries in children with severe scoliosis due to spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1 showed a positive success rate, but with significant postoperative complications.

Scoliosis is a spinal condition that occurs when there is an abnormal curve of the spine. Often, scoliosis cases are mild and do not need extensive treatment, but there are very severe cases that ...