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    hi just wondering, can you only have surgery if you need it, in otherwords if you're curve is over a certain number of degrees?

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    Rincotato...

    If you look long enough and hard enough, you'll find someone who will do surgery. I'm fairly certain that that's not a surgeon I'd want to perform such a big surgery.

    --Linda
    Never argue with an idiot. They always drag you down to their level, and then they beat you with experience. --Twain
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    Surgery 2/10/93 A/P fusion T4-L3
    Surgery 1/20/11 A/P fusion L2-sacrum w/pelvic fixation

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    • #3
      Surgery should only be done if the scoliosis is painful and/or over 50 degrees. No need to get surgery done for nothing or cosmetic reasons. It's a hard procedure with lifelong consequences.
      35 y/old female from Montreal, Canada
      Diagnosed with scoliosis(double major) at age 12, wore Boston brace 4 years at least 23 hours a day-curve progressed
      Surgery age 26 for 60 degree curve in Oct. 1997 by Dr.Max Aebi-fused T5 to L2
      Surgery age 28 for a hook removal in Feb. 1999 by Dr.Max Aebi-pain free for 5 years
      Surgery age 34 in Dec.2005 for broken rod replacement, bigger screws and crosslinks added and pseudarthrosis(non union) by Dr. Jean Ouellet

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      • #4
        Mine was done because the curves had progressed over the past 10 years. I had no real pain associated with my scoliosis, but the progression was worrysome to everyone involved.

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