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• Details of Spinal Fusion Surgery

  What is fusion? How is spinal fusion achieved? Fusion is the procedure of stabilizing two or more...

• Selective Fusion

  Scoliosis can involve a single curve, however, double or triple curves may be observed. The traditio...

• Magnetically Controlled Growing Rods

  Which Method Should be Avoided to Prevent Children with a Short Stature? The “fusion”...

• Anterior Fusion

  How is scoliosis treated with anterior spinal fusion? Anterior spinal fusion used to be popular f...

• Thoracoscopic Anterior Tethering

  Treating Scoliosis Without Applying Fusion Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering for Idiopathic Scoli...

• Hemivertebrectomy and Limited Fusion

  Formation and segmentation anomalies cause malformed vertebra and congenital scoliosis and/or kyphos...

• Posterior Spinal Fusion

  Spinal fusion generally refers to instrumented posterior spinal fusion­ performed for adolescent...

• Vertebroplasty – Kyphoplasty – Stentoplasty

  Two new techniques and their modifications have been recently developed to achieve fixation of the s...

• Traumatic Vertebral Fractures in Adults

  What are Spinal Injuries? Spinal cord injuries range in severity, from a simple soft tissue traum...

• What is Scoliosis?

  Scoliosis means sideways curvature of the spine. In addition, the spine rotates around itself. Wh...

• Causes of Scoliosis

  What Causes Scoliosis? Scoliosis may be due to several underlying diseases. However, the most com...

• Idiopathic Scoliosis Types

  Subtypes of idiopathic scoliosis: Idiopathic scoliosis is categorized by the age at which it begi...

• How is Scoliosis Diagnosed?

  Certain physical changes indicate scoliosis. Yet, clinical examination is not enough to properly eva...

• Scoliosis Radiographs

  Clinical examination, radiographic analyses and health-related quality-of-life questi...

• Scoliosis Imaging

  How are scoliosis radiographies obtained? Scoliosis is a three-dimensional deformity. A one-sided...

• Is MRI and CT Scans Necessary for Scoliosis?

  Is MRI necessary for Scoliosis? Spinal cord deformities can accompany almost all scoliosis s...

• Types of Scoliosis

  Scoliosis may assume various shapes and occur in different parts of the spine depending on the under...

• Brace Treatment

  In the treatment of scoliosis and kyphosis, bracing is applied to: Skeletally immature patient...

• Which scoliosis brace is better?

    There are many types of “scoliosis braces” or “correction braces” ...

• What are the expected results of bracing?

  Bracing is used to prevent the progression of the curve. The main reason for bracing is not to ...

• Non-Surgical Treatment in Scoliosis?

  Is non-surgical treatment of scoliosis possible? Non-surgical treatment of scoliosis is possible ...

• When is scoliosis surgery necessary?

    Surgical decision is typically based on the degree of the curvature. The main consideratio...

• What are the other factors for scoliosis surgery desicion?

    The affected part of the spine The presence of increased or decreased kyphosis Resi...

• What are the other factors affecting the surgery desicion?

    The affected part of the spine The presence of increased or decreased kyphosis Resi...

• Surgical Treatment of Scoliosis

  The type of surgery for scoliosis depends on many factors such as age, magnitude and type of curvatu...

• Surgical Considerations:

    The goal of both scoliosis and kyphosis surgery is to attain the maximum correction that c...

• Instrumented Posterior Spinal Fusion

  What is Spinal Fusion? The spine consists of bones named "vertebra". Strong connective ...

• What is Congenital Scoliosis?

  What is a Congenital Spinal Deformity? Just as organs of a fetus develop within the first three m...

• Diagnosis and Follow-Up for congenital scoliosis

  Diagnosis and Follow-Up The diagnosis is first established with physical examination. Special X-r...

• Treatment of Congenital Scoliosis

  Is Brace Treatment Effective? One of the biggest differences between congenital and idiopathic de...

• What is Early Onset Scoliosis?

  Early Onset Scoliosis vs. Adolescent Scoliosis Scoliosis occurring at an early age especially und...

• Treatment of Early Onset Scoliosis

  What is the treatment of early onset scoliosis? Treatment options can be discussed in 3 groups: o...

• Syndromic – Neuromuscular Scoliosis

  Scoliosis due to a central or peripheral disorder of the nervous or muscular system is called neurom...

• Postural Kyphosis

  What is Kyphosis? What Causes Abnormal Kyphosis? The exaggerated curvature of the thoracic spine ...

• How can Postural Kyphosis be Corrected?

    First, you will not gain results by constantly telling children to “stand straight.&...

• What’s the Difference Between Scheuermann's Kyphosis and Kyphosis Due to Poor Posture?

    When you warn individuals with posture-dependent kyphosis, they can correct their kyphosis...

• Scheuermann’s Kyphosis

  A growing number of patients complain about the poor posture and kyphotic appearance of their childr...

• Glossary of Medical Terms Used for Scoliosis and Kyphosis

  Adolescent scoliosis:­Bending of the spine to the side, which occurs after onset of puberty but ...