A century of spine surgery: What can patients expect?

@article{Hawes2008ACO,
  title={A century of spine surgery: What can patients expect?},
  author={Martha C. Hawes and J P O'brien},
  journal={Disability and Rehabilitation},
  year={2008},
  volume={30},
  pages={808 - 817}
}
Purpose. To evaluate the hypothesis that spinal fusion surgery is an effective method to address spinal deformity-associated clinical problems, including magnitude of curvature (Cobb angle), pulmonary dysfunction, and pain. Method. A systematic review was carried out using Science Citation Index (SCI) Expanded (1900 – present), Social Sciences Citation Index (1956 – present), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (1965 – present), Medline (1950 – present) and PubMed Central databases (1887… 
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  • 2008
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  • Medicine
    Physiotherapy theory and practice
  • 2011
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It is concluded that there is promising evidence for the application of physiotherapy in the treatment of scoliosis in children or adolescents and for adults with curvatures exceeding 35° Cobb, and there is no evidence for spinal fusion surgery for AIS.
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Bigger angles of spinal curvature were accompanied by lower values of subjective impression of body posture, determined by TAPS, which did not find the impact of participation in extra-school physical activity or the occurrence of scoliosis in the family on own body image perception.
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Long-term studies on the natural history of AIS and/or reviews concerning the long-term effects of untreated AIS concluded that AIS is a benign disorder, but older natural history studies did not distinguish between late-onset scoliosis (referred to in this paper as AIS) and EOS.
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