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FDA Collaboration – Patient and Caregiver Connection
Setting Scoliosis Straight (SSS) is now participating in the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's Patient and Caregiver Connection.
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Ten-year Follow-up of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients Confirms Benefits of Surgery
The largest study of its kind for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), with at least 10-year follow-up of complications and reoperations following spinal fusion for AIS,
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Kids Health Matters: Getting back in the game after scoliosis surgery
Despite some setbacks, a young girl is back on her feet, doing what she loves and getting back in the game after surgery for scoliosis.
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Philadelphia Tether for Scoliosis
HSG Surgeon Dr. Amer Samdani of Shriner’s Hospital – Philadelphia, discusses VBT (tethering) to treat scoliosis “The ability to utilize a child’s growth to correct the curve in their back…
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Children Spinal Health: Avoid back pain and injuries from heavy backpacks
August 13, 2018 By: Carlos Amezcua from KUSI News, San Diego Dr. Peter Newton, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon with Rady Children’s Hospital visited the studio to share some information about how…
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Postoperative Motion Study
By: Emma Rooholfada, Student Writer Research in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) has progressed substantially in recent decades. However, researchers and patients still have many unanswered questions regarding the…
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SSSF 3rd Annual Power Over Scoliosis Family Educational Program was a SUCCESS!
Families from all over Southern California and throughout the nation, gathered on June 2, 2018, for a day of learning, camaraderie, and fun, at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego!…
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Give BACKS Hope
In San Diego, over 100,000 individuals have scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine affecting people of all ages, from infancy through adulthood. The majority of those affected however, are…
A one-time gift or a multi-year pledge will make a substantial difference in ongoing and future research endeavors.