Things you should know about pediatric spine surgery | Mehta Spine

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Things you should know about Pediatric Spine
Surgery

• As a parent, we always dream of having kids who
  are physically fit and can play all day long. But
  everyone is not blessed with healthy wards. Many
  children are born with various kinds
  of deformities. Few develop at their birth stage,
  few develop during their early childhood days,
  and few even develop during their teen years.
• One of the most
  painful deformities which children face is
  Scoliosis. So, you must be wondering what is
  Scoliosis and how it affects children.

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What is Scoliosis and Facts you should know?

• Scoliosis is a disorder in which there is an
  abnormal curve in the spine. This disorder mostly
  happens to children and it disrupts the daily
  activity of a child. In this type of disorder,
  the spin looks curved from the side but from the
  front, it looks straight.
• The curve which makes the spine bend forward is
  commonly called Kyphosis. Similarly, if the curve
  is bent towards the back then it is called
  Lordosis.
• In Scoliosis, the angle of the curve ranges from
  10 to more than 50 degrees. the angle of the
  curve on the spine determines the severity of the
  disorder.

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What is Scoliosis and Facts you should know?

• Young girls are prone to this disorder more than
  boys. It is estimated that girls contract this
  disorder twice the number of times than boys.
  Scoliosis can be seen at any age, but the most
  common age when it disorder occurs is after the
  age of 10.
• Now you must be wondering where does this
  disorder occurs? Well, after a lot of research
  the exact reason for the cause of Scoliosis is
  not found out, but experts presume it is more of
  a hereditary disorder. Therefore, someone who has
  this type of disorder can expect that his/her
  children will also get Scoliosis.

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Is Scoliosis painful?

• All types of Scoliosis are not painful. You may
  not even know that your ward is suffering from
  this disorder, because the curving of the spine
  happens very slowly, and people often miss them.
  Only when you go for a test or screening of
  overall health, that time only experts can spot
  this type of disorder.
• But there are a few types of Scoliosis that are
  painful. Few Scoliosis causes back pain, rib
  pain, abdominal pain etc.

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What is the treatment for Scoliosis?
The treatment of Scoliosis depends on how severe
the spine is curved. One can get Scoliosis,
treated by 3 ways- Observation, surgery or
bracing. Depending on how bad the curve is, the
following treatments are decided by the doctor.
For people who are suffering from severe
Scoliosis, bracing and observation is not at all
an apt treatment. For severe cases, surgery is
the only option. The treatment is also
determined by examining the physical maturity of
the child. But there is no doubt that Pediatric
Spine Surgery is one of the best treatments for
Scoliosis. If you suspect that your ward is
suffering from Scoliosis, then you should
immediately get a check-up done and get it
treated before it worsens.
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Contact us

• Royal Orthopaedic Hospital
• BMI The Priory Hospital
• Spire Parkway Hospital
• Bromsgrove Private Clinic

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Contact and Connect

• Clinical secretary Samantha Leavy 44 785 021
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• Medico-legal secretary Jan Clarke 44 121
  4508928
• Spire Parkway Hospital 0121 704 5500
• BMI NEC (National Enquiry Centre) 0808 101 0337
• BMI Priory 0121 446 1638
• Email info_at_mehtaspine.co.uk
• The appointments are booked through the clinic