http://my.clevelandclinic.org/multim...scoliosis.aspx
This is what our surgeon said also. The issue might be that since almost all adults will get back pain bad enough to see a doctor at some point, it is impossible to attribute any back pain in fused folks to the fusion per se.
porto2: For a person who has had surgery as a young adult, what problems will she experience as she gets older, particularly in her senior years when she also has to contend with arthritis, osteoporosis, back problems, etc.?
Speaker_-_Dr__Thomas_Kuivila: She may have no problems whatsoever related to the scoliosis. Fusions which leave half of the lumbar spine in tact are no more likely to cause back pain than in any other person.
Speaker_-_Dr__Thomas_Kuivila: She may have no problems whatsoever related to the scoliosis. Fusions which leave half of the lumbar spine in tact are no more likely to cause back pain than in any other person.
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