ArticleAnnals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England2025
Patient-reported outcomes following surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis performed in adolescence versus adulthood.
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- Postoperative thoracic kyphosis is associated with clinically significant pain improvement at 1-year follow-up in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a multicenter study.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026Article
- Surgical management of severe neglected adult idiopathic scoliosis: A review article on challenges and contemporary treatment strategies.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2025Article
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Abstract
introductionThe Scoliosis Research Society 22r (SRS-22r) questionnaire is a proven tool in assessing healthcare-related quality of life (HRQoL) in idiopathic scoliosis and is the adopted patient-reported outcome measure for the deformity pathway recorded into the British Spinal Registry (BSR). Surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is performed frequently in teenagers; however, patients also present with curves in the surgical range into adulthood. This work aimed to assess HRQoL differences between patients following surgery for AIS performed in adolescence and adulthood using SRS-22r data collected from the BSR.
methodsAn anonymised BSR search of pre- and postoperative SRS-22r scores for patients with diagnoses of AIS and adult idiopathic scoliosis was conducted. Data from all subdomains were compared preoperatively and at the two-year postoperative timepoint.
resultsPreoperative SRS-22r scores were analysed for 1,912 patients with AIS and 65 with adult idiopathic scoliosis. Patients with adult idiopathic scoliosis had significantly lower preoperative SRS-22r scores in all subdomains (
conclusionsThis work confirms there are benefits following surgery for AIS in improving HRQoL, but has also provided HRQoL data in adult patients, who again show similar improvements following surgery from baseline. This is of value when counselling patients regarding anticipated benefits of surgery performed in childhood and adulthood.
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