Operative Versus Nonoperative Treatment for Adult Symptomatic Lumbar Scoliosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The effectiveness of operative compared with nonoperative treatment at initial presentation (no prior fusion) for adult lumbar scoliosis has not, to our knowledge, been evaluated in controlled trials. The goals of this study were to evaluate the effects of operative and nonoperative treatment and to assess the benefits of these treatments to help treating physicians determine whether patients are better managed operatively or nonoperatively.

Methods

Patients with adult symptomatic lumbar scoliosis (aged 40 to 80 years, with a coronal Cobb angle measurement of ≥30° and an Oswestry Disability Index [ODI] score of ≥20 or Scoliosis Research Society [SRS]-22 score of ≤4.0) from 9 North American centers were enrolled in concurrent randomized or observational cohorts to

SUBMITTER: Kelly MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6738555 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature