Quality of life in patients submitted to surgical treatment of idiopathic scoliosis

ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To evaluate quality of life, using the SF-36, in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) who un-derwent surgery for deformity correction, comparing the results in the pre-and post-operative period.METHODS: We evaluated 29 patients, 24 female, mean age 14.5 years, all p...

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Main Authors: João Bernardo Sancio Rocha Rodrigues, Nathália Ambrozim Santos Saleme, José Lucas Batista Junior, Igor Machado Cardoso, Charbel Jacob Junior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2015-12-01
Series:Acta Ortopédica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/aob/v23n6/1809-4406-aob-23-06-00287.pdf

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