Scoliosis surgery is a complex spine surgery that is performed in only a few centres. We at Spine Surgery International have special expertise in dealing with complicated scoliosis cases. Our team of Spinal Surgeons have performed scoliosis surgery on children and adults from many countries. We perform this surgery under Neuromonitoring to ensure maximum safety against paralysis and spinal cord injury for our patients. We use new technology namely Carm, Pedicle screw instrumentation, High Speed Burr, Microscope, Navigation and Neuromonitoring to make scoliosis surgery successful.
The curvature in the spine is corrected using titanium screws and rods and the bones involved in the curvature are then fused together so that the curve does not progress any further with growth. We also perform growing rod surgery and Magic rod surgery for non fusion scoliosis surgery in young children
There are 3 general categories of scoliosis surgery:
- Fusion. This spinal surgery permanently fuses two or more adjacent vertebrae so that they grow together at the spinal joint and form a solid bone that no longer moves. Modern surgical approaches and instrumentation—rods, screws, hooks, and/or wires placed in the spine—have enabled spinal fusion surgeries to achieve better curvature correction and faster recovery times than in the past.
- Growing systems (to delay fusion). Rods are anchored to the spine to help correct/maintain the spine’s curvature while the child grows. Every 6 to 12 months, the child has another surgery to lengthen the rods to keep up with the spine’s growth. Once the patient is close enough to skeletal maturity, the patient will usually get a spinal fusion.
- Fusionless. Current fusionless surgery methods employ growth modulation on the spine similar to what has been done in the past to treat unequal leg heights in growing children. The theory is that by putting constant pressure on a bone, it will grow slower and denser. By applying such pressure on the outer side of a spinal curve, the surgeon aims to slow or stop the growth of the curve’s outer side while the curve’s inner side continues to grow normally. As the spine continues to grow in this manner, the lateral curvature should reduce as the spine becomes straighter.
