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Please help docs! is scoliosis surgery worth the risks?
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Get 2nd opinion: I'm assuming your talking about yourself ( age 45 w/painful, degenerative type scoliosis...?)if so, i would seek a 2nd opinion before contemplating surgery. Yes, scoliosis surgery is a major surgery that has definite and serious risks and possible complications.Find a spine surgeon who is highly reccommended and possibly associated w/ the medical school in your area( on the faculty/ staff).Gl!
Answered 3/26/2014
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