PURPOSE To review early radiographs of patients with de novo degenerative lumbar scoliosis to determine factors predicting early scoliosis progression. METHODS Standing anteroposterior and lateral radiographs of 7 men and 20 women aged 48 to 83 (mean, 63) years with Cobb angles between >5º and <20º were reviewed. They were followed up for a mean of 12 (range, 10-18) years. Radiographic variab...

Scoliosis is a broad term encompassing multiple pathologies with different etiologies. Patients may range from the infant with congenital deformity, to the adolescent with idiopathic scoliosis, to the elderly patient with severe degenerative scoliosis. Treatment must be tailored to individual circumstances and the pathoanatomy of each deformity. Various coronal reduction techniques have been de...

Results. The 59 eligible studies identified via the systematic Study Design. The RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method is a well-established means of developing criteria for assessing the appropriateness of surgery in specific subpopulations. It involves a systematic review of the literature and ratings by a multidisciplinary panel of national experts. Objective. To evaluate the appropriateness of s...

Understandably describe historical and current spinal deformity classifications. Spinal deformities can be divided into three main categories: congenital, idiopathic, secondary deformities. Secondary is by far the largest group. Congenital are generally seen in very early ages may accompanied neural with systemic organ pathologies. Different classification systems based on clinical radiological...

Adult degenerative scoliosis associated with lumbar stenosis has become a common issue in the elderly population. But its surgical management is on debating. The main issue condenses on the management priority of scoliosis or stenosis. This study is to investigate surgical management strategy and outcome of adult degenerative scoliosis associated with lumbar stenosis. Between January 2003 and D...

INTRODUCTION There is increasing awareness of adult degenerative or de novo scoliosis, and its surgical treatment when indicated can be challenging and resource intense. Surgical randomized controlled trials are rare, and observational studies pose limitations because of the heterogeneity of surgical practices, techniques, and patient populations. Pooled analysis of current literature may ident...