A member asked:

Can you tell me if on my left shoulder then did an x-ray and he said my spine looks like an s and now i need surgery?

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Dr. Edward Hellman answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

Scoliosis: you certainly would want to discuss this directly with your physician, but one possible explanation was that you were noted to have one shoulder higher than the other prompting an X-ray of the spine in which you were then found to have scoliosis. In general, if the scoliosis is larger than 45-50 degrees, they will tend to relentlessly progress and surgery is recommended.

Answered 8/27/2014

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