Spine deformity
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study Observational Study
Patient-Reported SRS-24 Outcomes Scores After Surgery for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Have Improved Since the New Millennium.
Observational. ⋯ The percentage of patients with positive postoperative SRS scores has increased in the modern era, providing evidence that newer surgical techniques are resulting in improved outcomes based on the patients' perspectives. Interestingly, recent patients were more afflicted with negative pain and self-image before surgery.
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Observational Study
Body Image Disturbance Improvement After Operative Correction of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
Body Image Disturbance Questionnaire-Scoliosis version (BIDQ-S) is a sensitive outcomes instrument to evaluate improvements in body image-related psychosocial effects with surgical correction. ⋯ BIDQ-S is responsive to surgical correction of AIS. The BIDQ-S is a valuable clinical outcome tool to assess the psychosocial effects of scoliosis in adolescents augmenting existing outcome instruments.
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Case-control study. ⋯ Level III.
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Implementation of a coordinated multidisciplinary postoperative pathway has been shown to reduce length of stay after posterior spinal fusion (PSF) for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. This study sought to compare the outcomes of nonambulatory cerebral palsy (CP) patients treated with PSF and cared for using an accelerated discharge (AD) pathway with those using a more traditional discharge (TD) pathway. ⋯ Level III, therapeutic.