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Can there be a limit age to get scoliosis surgery?
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Not really, there : Are different types of scoliosis, with different ages of onset, different causes, & different progression rates/risks. During time when growth still remains surgical indications are different from surgical indications after bone growth has ceased. The former is mainly depends on curve magnitude, amount growth remaining. The latter is dependent on symptom-type & failure of non-surgical treatment.
Answered 8/13/2013
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