Scoliosis, the sideways curvature of the spine, affects millions of adolescents in the United States each year. The majority of them will not require any treatment, and only a small percentage will ...

ATLANTA — At the age of 12, Zoe Price was an active sixth grader who loved to play basketball and lacrosse. However, in the summer of 2021, during a family vacation at the beach, her family saw a ...

A Michigan Medicine study found that preadolescent children with severe neuromuscular scoliosis who are treated with growth-friendly surgery prior to spinal fusion have more complications and ...

Fourteen-year-old Colorado Springs hockey player Reagan Gasmire is back on the ice less than a year after undergoing major ...

Young patients with early-onset scoliosis, a dangerous curvature of the spine, have two options for surgery, but a new study finds one of the procedures results in fewer complications. For 8- to ...

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 ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 (UPI) --A new method of closing incisions in patients after spinal fusion surgery for scoliosis nearly eliminated infections following the procedure in a test group, researchers ...

ATLANTA - Zoe Price is a "middle" or midfielder for the North Paulding High School Wolfpack lacrosse team, which means she is on the move a lot. "You just try to get across the field to wherever the ...

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 ...

DARYL SIMIONE LNP CORRESPONDENT Oct 22, 2017 Oct 22, 2017 With her team facing match point in a grueling, five-set volleyball contest in early September, Lampeter-Strasburg senior Becca Cohen raced ...

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 ...