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ABSTRACT Objective: To report the results of our patients who underwent scoliosis correction surgery in relation to their quality of life. Introduction: Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis affects between 1 and 3% of the population during puberty. Treatment will be conservative in most cases. The goal of surgical treatment is to improve coronal and sagittal alignment. The SRS 22 questionnaire is a useful tool for assessing quality of life in these patients. Methods: A retrospective study of 22 patients submitted to corrective surgery for juvenile idiopathic scoliosis between October 2017 and January 2020 was conducted. All of them had curves greater than 45 degrees managed through instrumentation and arthrodesis. Post-surgical quality of life was assessed using the SRS 22 questionnaire. Results: The average age of our patients at the time of the intervention was 15.5 years with a predominance of female patients. The application of the SRS 22 questionnaire generated the following mean scores: pain 4.6, function 4.3, self-image 4.41, mental health 4.89, and satisfaction 5.0. Conclusions: The development of surgical techniques has allowed good results to be achieved in the treatment of scoliosis. The evaluation of our patients using the SRS 22 questionnaire reflects a good quality of life in the 5 parameters evaluated. The main limitations of this study were the small sample size and its retrospective nature. Level of Evidence III; Retrospective, longitudinal, descriptive, observational study.
RESUMO Objetivo: Relatar os resultados de nossos pacientes operados para correção de escoliose com relação à sua qualidade de vida. Introdução: A escoliose idiopática juvenil afeta entre 1% e 3% da população durante a puberdade. O tratamento será conservador na maioria dos casos. O tratamento cirúrgico terá como objetivo melhorar o alinhamento coronal e sagital. O questionário SRS 22 é uma ferramenta útil para avaliar a qualidade de vida desses pacientes. Métodos: Foi realizado um estudo retrospectivo de 22 pacientes operados entre outubro de 2017 e janeiro de 2020 devido à escoliose idiopática juvenil. Todos tinham curvas superiores a 45 graus tratadas com instrumentação e artrodese. A qualidade de vida pós-operatória foi avaliada por meio do questionário SRS-22. Resultados: A média de idade dos nossos pacientes no momento da intervenção foi 15,5 anos, com predominância do sexo feminino. A aplicação do questionário SRS-22 gerou os seguintes escores médios: dor 4,6; função 4,3; autoimagem 4,41; saúde mental 4,89 e satisfação 5,0. Conclusões: O desenvolvimento das técnicas cirúrgicas permitiu obter bons resultados no tratamento da escoliose. A avaliação de nossos pacientes por intermédio do questionário SRS 22 reflete boa qualidade de vida nos cinco parâmetros avaliados. As principais limitações deste estudo foram o pequeno tamanho da amostra e seu caráter retrospectivo. Nível de Evidência III; Estudo retrospectivo, longitudinal, descritivo, observacional.
RESUMEN Objetivo: Reportar los resultados de nuestros pacientes operados para corrección de escoliosis en relación a su calidad de vida. Introducción: La escoliosis idiopática juvenil afecta entre el 1% y 3% de la población durante la pubertad. El tratamiento será, en la mayoría, de los casos conservador. El tratamiento quirúrgico tendrá como objetivo mejorar la alineación coronal y sagital. El cuestionario SRS 22 es una herramienta útil para la valoración de la calidad de vida en estos pacientes. Métodos: Se realizó un estudio retrospectivo de 22 pacientes intervenidos entre octubre de 2017 y enero de 2020 debido a la escoliosis idiopática juvenil. Todos tenían curvas mayores de 45 grados manejadas mediante instrumentación y artrodesis. Se realizó la evaluación de la calidad de vida posquirúrgica mediante el cuestionario SRS-22. Resultados: La edad promedio de nuestros pacientes en el momento de la intervención fue de 15,5 años con predominio de pacientes del sexo femenino. La aplicación del cuestionario SRS-22 generó las siguientes puntuaciones medias: dolor 4,6; función 4,3; autoimagen 4,41; salud mental 4,89 y satisfacción 5,0. Conclusiones: El desarrollo de las técnicas quirúrgicas ha permitido obtener buenos resultados en el tratamiento de la escoliosis. La evaluación de nuestros pacientes mediante el cuestionario SRS 22 refleja una buena calidad de vida en los 5 parámetros evaluados. Las limitaciones principales de este estudio han sido el pequeño tamaño de la muestra y su carácter retrospectivo. Nivel de Evidencia III; Estudio retrospectivo, longitudinal, descriptivo, observacional.
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Humans , Adolescent , Scoliosis , OrthopedicsABSTRACT
Objectives: Traditionally, scoliosis surgery is aimed at attaining a fused, balanced and painless spine. With improvement in surgical and instrumentation techniques, spine surgeons strive to achieve higher degree of Cobb’s angle and rib hump correction with the idea of greater patient satisfaction. The aim of this study was to determine the patients’ satisfaction using SRS-22 questionnaire and their correlations with the radiographic changes. Materials and methods: A prospective study was conducted in a tertiary referral centre using the Scoliosis Research Society-22 (SRS-22) questionnaire during the patients’ annual follow up, between February to April 2014. Thirtyseven patients who met the inclusion criteria were enrolled. Results: The mean pre-operative Cobb’s angles were 57.8o ± 12.7o and mean post-operative angle of 20.0o ± 10.4o, resulting in average correction of 65.9 ± 14.4%. Mean preoperative rib hump was 61.1 ± 15.4 mm with mean postoperative rib hump of 15.8 ± 17.8 mm, resulting in average reduction of 77.7 ± 23.7%. Mean of post-operative total SRS score was 4.1 ± 0.5. Using Spearman rank correlation, the percentage of Cobb’s angle correction versus the SRS-22 score showed correlation of 0.17 (P=0.33) while the percentage of rib hump reduction versus SRS-22 score showed a correlation of 0.11 (P=0.53). Conclusion: In this study, the average total SRS-22 score was 4.1 ± 0.5 (range, 3.1-4.9) post-operatively indicating very high satisfaction rate overall. Despite attempts at greater curve correction and rib hump reduction, there is no direct correlation between patient satisfaction and radiographic parameters.
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Scoliosis , Spinal DiseasesABSTRACT
OBJETIVO: Analizar los resultados clínicos y radiológicos obtenidos tras el tratamiento quirúrgico de la escoliosis idiopática del adolescente mediante artrodesis posterior con diversos sistemas. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Estudio retrospectivo de 25 pacientes intervenidos entre Enero de 2005 y Julio de 2012; con una edad promedio de 15 años. Las curvas se clasificaron según los 6 tipos de Lenke. Se intervino a los sujetos mediante una artrodesis instrumentada posterior. Se realizó una evaluación clínica mediante el cuestionario SRS-22 (Scoliosis Research Society). Así mismo, se realizó una evaluación radiológica prequirúrgica, posquirúrgica inmediata y al final del seguimiento. (Mínimo 1 año, máximo 8 años) RESULTADOS: Mediante el cuestionario SRS-22 se obtuvieron las siguientes puntuaciones medias: 4,84 en dolor; 4,68 en actividad; 4,68 en autoimagen; 4,60 en salud mental, y 4,92 en satisfacción. La corrección radiológica media posquirúrgica en las curvas torácicas fue del 56,4% y en las curvas lumbares fue del 54,4%, con una pérdida media de 7% al 15% al final del seguimiento. CONCLUSIÓN: La instrumentación y fusión posterior es una técnica eficaz y segura, con bajo índice de pseudoartrosis. Los resultados fueron excelentes en cuanto a todos los dominios del cuestionario SRS-22, se encontró asociación estadísticamente significativa entre el género y el dolor, no se evidenció significancia estadística entre el tipo de curva, el grado de corrección, la puntuación del cuestionario SRS-22 y el tipo de implante utilizado(AU)
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the clinical and radiological results obtained after surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis by posterior fusion with various systems. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Retrospective study of 25 subjects who underwent surgery between January 2005 and July 2012, The curves were classified according to the 6 types of Lenke. Subjects were operated by posterior instrumented arthrodesis. Clinical evaluation was performed using the SRS-22 questionnaire (Scoliosis Research Society). Likewise, preoperative radiological evaluation, immediate postoperative and final follow-up. RESULTS: Using the SRS-22 questionnaire obtained the following average scores: 4.84 for pain, 4.68 for activity, 4.68 in self-image, mental health 4.60, and 4.92 in satisfaction. The average postoperative radiological correction in thoracic curves was 56.4% and lumbar curves was 54.4%, with an average loss of 7% to 15% at follow-up. CONCLUSION: The posterior instrumentation and fusion is a safe and effective technique with low rate of nonunion. The results were excellent in all domains of the SRS-22 questionnaire, statistically significant association was found between gender and pain, showed no statistical significance between the type of curve, the degree of correction, SRS questionnaire score-22 and the type of implant used(AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Adolescent , Arthrodesis/instrumentation , Pseudarthrosis , Scoliosis/surgery , Surveys and Questionnaires , Pain , Therapeutics , AdolescentABSTRACT
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is a spinal deformity that affects patients self image and confidence. Surgery is offered when the curvature is greater than 50 degrees based on the likelihood of curvature progression. Outcome measures for scoliosis correction can be described in terms of radiological improvement or improvement of health related quality of life scores. The Scoliosis Research Society 22 (SRS 22) and Scoliosis Research Society 24 (SRS 24) questionnaires are widely accepted and used to characterize clinical results. Therefore, this prospective study of 38 patients aims to investigate how the SRS 24 and SRS 22 questionnaires compare to each other in terms of scoring when the same group of patients is evaluated. The SRS 22 questionnaire tends to give an inflated value in the overall score, pain and self image domain compared to the SRS 24 questionnaire.
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[Objective]To translate the SRS-22 Questionnaire from English edition into Chinese version for the use of Chinese adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis and to evaluate the metric qualities of this questionnair. [Method] Transcultural adaptation of the SRS-22 Questionnaire was carried out according to the International Quality of Life Assessment Project guide-lines,The final version was decided on by a committee of experts.The Questionnaire was completed by 86 adolescents(M=11,F=75) with idiopathic scoliosis.The patients were 10~18 years old(mean,13.9 years).Curve magnitude ranged from 25? to 45?(mean,35.6?).Out of them,30 patients repeated the questionnaire 3~4 weeks later.[Result]The overall alpha coefficient of the questionnaire was 0.88.Coefficients for individual domains were as follows:function/activity,0.70;pain,0.80;self-image,0.80;mental health,0.88;and satisfaction,0.81.The questionnaire as a whole had a test-retest correlation coefficient of 0.97.Test-retest correlation coefficients for individual domains were as follows:function,0.85;pain,0.96;self-image,0.96;mental health,0.95;and satisfaction,0.91.Six common factors were acquired from factor analysis,and the cumulative contribution rate was 72.29%. [Conclusion] The Chinese version of the SRS-22 Questionnaire has eligible reliability and validity.It can be used to measure health-related quality of life of adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis in China.
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Objective To evaluate the validity and reliability of simplified Chinese version Scoliosis Research Society-22 (SRS-22) questionnaire on assessment of life quality of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients at different time points pre-and post-operation. Methods Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the English version of SRS-22 questionnaire was done. 177 AIS patients were involved in present study and the life quality before and 6-and 12-months after operation was assessed by SRA-22 and Short Form-36 (SF-36) questionnaire, of them 145 cases (26 males and 119 females; 11.1-17.9 years old, averaged 15.8; Cobb angle 41?-109?, averaged 63?) completed all the 3 steps. To evaluate the reproducibility, 65 patients were assessed twice in an interval time of 4-6 days (averaged 4.6 days) before operation and 55 valid questionnaires were received, 65 patients were assessed twice in an interval time of 7-21 days (averaged 14.7 days) at 12 months following up and 57 valid questionnaires were received. The two measures of reliability as internal consistency and reproducibility were determined by Cronbach's ? coefficients and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), respectively. Concurrent validity was measured by comparing with SF-36 questionnaire. Measurement was made using the Pearson correlation coefficient (r). Results The Chinese version SRS-22 questionnaire had a satisfactory validity and reliability, with average Cronbach's ? coefficients of 0.79-0.85 and average ICC of 0.77-0.87. Considering concurrent validity, 2 domains had excellent correlation (r=0.75-1.00), while 12 had moderate correlation (r=0.50-0.75). The function/activity (SRS-22) and role-physical or physical functioning (SF-36), pain (SRS-22) and pain index (SF-36), mental health (SRS-22) and mental health (SF-36) had good correlation (r=0.70-1.00). For the 145 patients, there were some differences in 5 various domains between the three measurements (pre-operation and 6 and 12 months post-operation). The scores of all domains 12 months after operation increased significantly than those of pre-operation and 6 months post-operation (P