Surgical Correction of Scoliosis. Long term results with an unexpectedly high revision rate
Severe cases of Scoliosis are often recommended for surgery. The most common type of surgery is called Cotrel-dubousset (We’ll abbreviate it CD). This type of surgery implants two rods paralleling down the spine, held with hooks and screws, fusing most of the vertebrae in the ribcage and lower back. This study looked at 40 patients […]