My 13 yr old son has a 53 degree right thoracic curve and is scheduled for surgery on June 29th. I realize the purpose of the surgery is to stop the curve from progressing and to get some correction but the Dr. has told us to only expect about a 40% correction due to lack of flexibility from looking at previous x-rays (bending sideways). Is that a normal correction expectation? From what I've read on other posts some children who have had 55 degree or higher curves have been getting correction to under 15 degrees. Is the Dr. just being conservative or are some curves just not able to be corrected much? Any information/input would be appreciated.
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