If you have scoliosis do you need surgery?

Answer 1

Scoliosis, if not caught early and corrected with a brace or myoelectric stimulation, can require corrective surgery to halt the progressive worsening.

I the curve is 20 degrees or less you must just watch it, so it doesnt get worse.

If the curve is 20-40 degrees you would need a brace.(it is quite tight)

I the curve is over 40 degrees you would need surgery(an operation).

I've got scoliosis myself and its about seventy degrees, I'm having an operation soon.

(so i know all these things)

ok so another person said the top they did good i just wanted to add a little

when i first went to the doctor for scoliosis i had to get a brace cause my curve was like 26 i think i don't know i was in 4th grade now im going into 7th grade. i wore a brace all the way till i was almost done with 6th grade. my curve was getting worse.

so the doctor told me i had to have surgery cause by that time my curve was around 70 degrees. the day of the surgery i was really nervous they gave me this mask and it put me to sleep when i woke up it felt like i was asleep for 15 minutes but really it was 6 hours. i didnt really think about that much when i woke up though cause i was a little out of it. i had a butten to push that gave me medicine when i needed it. i don't remember much after that mask was put on my face. i don't even remember going to my room in the hospital. but i remember my room mate was a baby screaming and crying lol. by the third day they had me walking i didnt like to do it but they made me so i could get out of the hospital as soon as possible. i was out of the hospital by the 5th day! i went home and i remember my brother and sister made me a welcome home banner and gave me a basket full of snacks and movies! a couple of weeks later i had my teacher come in to teach me an hour a day i didnt go back to school till like a month and a half later. but then by like July 10th i was doing feild day at school! now it has almost been 6 months and i am dancing and swimming and everything. so that is a short story of what i had to go threw with scoliosis but everyone is diffrent so you might not need surgery.

Answer 2

If done correctly, yes.