VIDEO: Improved pain, sitting cited as goals of spine surgery for cerebral palsy scoliosis
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Key takeaways:
- Caregivers and surgeons may select spine surgery for children with cerebral palsy scoliosis to improve pain and sitting and prevent complications.
- Functional improvements were also valued over self-image.
In this video, Suken A. Shah, MD, discussed results that showed caregivers and surgeons primarily seek spine surgery for children with cerebral palsy scoliosis to improve pain and sitting ability, as well as to prevent complications.
“We're not doing this surgery to improve their appearance,” Shah, vice chair of the department of orthopedic surgery, division chief of the Spine and Scoliosis Center and clinical fellowship director at Nemours Children’s Health in Delaware, told Healio about results presented at the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Annual Meeting. “We are doing surgery for cerebral palsy scoliosis to improve future back pain, improve medical complications and clearly to improve their sitting ability, so that they can interact with their environment, community, family members and friends.”
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Shah SA, et al. Why are we fixing the spine? Surgeon and caregiver answers on the goals for surgery for patients with cerebral palsy scoliosis. Presented at: Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Annual Meeting; April 26-28, 2023; Nashville, Tennessee.
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