Results of the Scoliosis Research Society Instrument for Evaluation of Surgical Outcome in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Abstract

This questionnaire addresses patient measures for evaluation of outcome in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery by examining several domains. It also allows for dynamic monitoring of scoliosis patients as they become adults. This is a validated instrument with good reliability measures.

Minimum 10 years follow-up surgical results of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients treated with TSRH instrumentation

“…Most of the long-term results in the literature are with the Harrington rod system [23,24,32,47]. Williers et al reported 40% final correction rate in a 10.8 years follow-up study [47].…”

“…These studies also report that Harrington rod system has comparable clinical and radiological results with the modern instrumentation systems, however, the final deformitycorrection rates are very small and the overall lifequality at the last follow-up visit is almost unchanged when compared with the third-generation instrumentation systems [17,21,23,24,26,31,32,47]. Long-term results with the modern systems are limited [5,21,23,26,29,33]. It is reported that there is a 7°-17°correction loss in 5-15 years follow-up, but the vertebral stability is maintained and almost no correction loss is observed after two postoperative years [23,29,33,34].…”

“…Long-term results with the modern systems are limited [5,21,23,26,29,33]. It is reported that there is a 7°-17°correction loss in 5-15 years follow-up, but the vertebral stability is maintained and almost no correction loss is observed after two postoperative years [23,29,33,34].…”

Health-related quality of life in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis after treatment: short-term effects after brace or surgical treatment

“…Haher et al [14] designed the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) Outcome Instrument, which is a simple, disease-specific, patient-based assessment. Modifications of this instrument resulted in the SRS-22 Patient Questionnaire that covers the domains of function/activity, pain, self-image/appearance, mental health and satisfaction with management.…”

Health-related quality of life in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a matched follow-up at least 20 years after treatment with brace or surgery

“…New questionnaires have been developed [2,7,29] and are currently being evaluated [29]. A number of previous studies have discussed quality of life (QL) in general terms [12,17,21,34].…”