How Scoliosis Surgery helps get Normal Curvature of Spine?

Sometimes a person’s spine curves and rotates making it look like the letter ‘S’ or ‘C’. This is called scoliosis. Because your ribs are attached to your spine, when the spine rotates it raises the rib and creates rib hump. This is especially noticeable when you bend forward. You may also notice these changes in your chest and breast size, shoulders and waist. They may appear uneven. The curvature may become larger as you grow. Curves in the middle of your back can reach 45 - 50 degrees & would then probably increase throughout your life. If this curve is greater than 70 degrees it would affect your breathing. In most cases however, causes of scoliosis are not known and are therefore called idiopathic scoliosis. This does not occur from carrying something heavy like your backpack or poor body posture. Scoliosis does not cause back pain in most patients and can also be a part of your life since birth.

Treatments for Scoliosis

There are many treatments for scoliosis. Your doctor may consider the size and type of your curve, how much growth you have left and if you have any other medical conditions along with scoliosis. When all nonsurgical treatments have exhausted, surgery is recommended to correct scoliosis. During scoliosis surgery, the surgeon uses screws and rods to straighten your spine and hold the spine in place into a solid rigid bone formation. Firstly the spine surgeon will remove facet joints. This will allow your spinal surgeon to see where to place screws. Next, the surgeon will insert special screws into the bone. These screws will stay safely inside each vertebra. After the screws are all in, the surgeon carefully feeds the metal rod into the heads of each screw. The surgeon uses it very slowly while straightening your spine & correcting your scoliosis. Shoulders become more leveled following this and the rib structure turns to normal. To make sure your scoliosis doesn’t come back your spine surgeon will make a bone graft as well. Spine surgeons will then use the earlier removed facet joint to make it into a material that can be placed on your spine. Over time this material becomes part of your spine as it gets hardened along the sides of screws and rods. This is how you improve and stabilize your scoliosis.

Scoliosis Spine Surgery in India

Scoliosis spine surgery might sound scary but every year thousands of teens undergo spine surgery to correct their scoliosis and return to their previous level of physical activities. Scoliosis surgery cost is far low and affordable in India than an international patient can imagine.  Spine surgeons treating scoliosis in India are experts in their respective field of medicine and work efficiently to make this surgical intervention a big success. Their experiences are something you can count on. Best doctors, surgeons, nurses and anesthesiologists in India work together to give patients the best possible treatment & care. These multi specialty hospitals are most updated with all the latest equipment needed to treat this deformity.  Along with this India offers lowest rates of infection & shorter length of stay. The main goal behind treating scoliosis in India is to make the patient spring back on to activities that they always loved to do.