Is Scoliosis Surgery Risky?

In order to straighten their backs as soon as possible, patients with scoliosis will take the risk of undergoing surgery. However, before the operation, it is necessary to let everyone know some relevant information about the surgery as well as its pros and cons. First of all, medical technology is still developing continuously. If the scoliosis is not too serious, a minor surgery will be fine. It is very important to understand the physical condition before the operation.

Many scoliosis patients and their families believe that scoliosis surgery has relatively high risks and may cause paralysis. These are also the issues that people are most concerned about and are problems faced by all patients, their families, and doctors.

Any surgery is traumatic to the body and therefore carries risks. But for diseases that can only be treated through surgery, surgery involves a certain amount of trauma in exchange for curing the disease, and the question of whether the benefits outweigh the disadvantages is what we need to consider. If scoliosis is not corrected, the child's cardiopulmonary function and spinal cord function will be affected, which may cause disability in the future and even affect life expectancy, so timely treatment must be given no matter what.

Scoliosis surgery involves the spinal cord and nerves. It is an operation with certain risks. It is the riskiest orthopedic operation, with greater risks than general surgical operations. It is very easy to have complications during or after the operation, such as spinal cord damage causing paralysis of the lower limbs and loss of urination and defecation functions, large and long operations, heavy blood loss during and after the operation, dangers in anesthesia, and whether the patient can recover smoothly from the surgical shock after the operation, etc. These many factors increase the risk of surgery.

However, modern scoliosis treatment concepts are advanced and scientific, and surgical techniques are standardized, mature and reliable. Professional scoliosis correction physicians have sophisticated surgical skills and professional knowledge. They can make accurate and detailed assessments of the patient's condition before surgery, select and formulate appropriate surgical plans, and perform wake-up experiments and evoked potential monitoring of spinal nerves during surgery, which greatly reduces surgical risks. Therefore, there is no need to worry too much about the risks of surgery.

Any thoughts and practices that delay surgical treatment due to excessive concern about surgical risks are undesirable. In conclusion, scoliosis surgery should be an effective and safe procedure for experienced professional physicians.