Acta Ortopédica Brasileira (Dec 2015)

Quality of life in patients submitted to surgical treatment of idiopathic scoliosis

  • João Bernardo Sancio Rocha Rodrigues,
  • Nathália Ambrozim Santos Saleme,
  • José Lucas Batista Junior,
  • Igor Machado Cardoso,
  • Charbel Jacob Junior

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-785220152306115026
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 6
pp. 287 – 289

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ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To evaluate quality of life, using the SF-36, in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) who un-derwent surgery for deformity correction, comparing the results in the pre-and post-operative period.METHODS: We evaluated 29 patients, 24 female, mean age 14.5 years, all patients had measurement of Cobb angle greater than 50º, and responded to the SF-36 questionnaire preope-ratively and on average two years after surgery.RESULTS: There was improvement in all eight domains studied by the SF-36 after surgical treatment, with statistically significant improvement of the domains functional capacity physical aspects, pain and general state. Vitality and mental heal-th were those with the lowest percentage of improvement postoperatively.CONCLUSION: Surgical treatment of defor-mity in all AIS improved the functional aspects assessed by the SF-36, representing, in practice, better quality of life for these patients. Evidence Level II, Prospective Study.

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