The Rate of Disc Degeneration on MRI in Preoperative Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

INTRODUCTION: Surgical goals in the management of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) include deformity correction as well as preservation of caudal motion segments. In the region of 7% of patients have radiographic markers of significant disc degeneration ten years after surgery for AIS. However, quoted rates of disc degeneration preoperatively are in relation to the normal paediatric population not the AIS population. Currently the rate of preoperative disc degeneration in the AIS population is not clearly defined.

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