Does spinal fusion affect growth?

  In surgical treatment, people are also often worried about the impact of surgical fusion after the continued growth of adolescents, on this issue has been studied by many scholars, large-scale social surveys have proved that the same type of scoliosis of children with surgery and non-surgical group after several years of comparison, the average height of the surgical group is significantly higher than the non-surgical group, the reason is obvious, the non-surgical group of children with scoliosis continues to aggravate, into a rosette, and This seriously affects the growth of height. On the contrary, after surgery, only one segment of the spine is fused, and after this segment is straightened, the upper and lower spine is still growing, and the long tubular bones of the extremities are still growing, so there is no need to worry about the effect on height after scoliosis surgery. In addition, the development and advancement of modern scoliosis orthopedic technology has made it possible for adult patients who did not have surgery during their adolescence for various reasons to still have the opportunity for surgical correction, although these patients need to visit a regular hospital and listen to the advice of a medical professional.