I wrote about kyphosis and lordosis of the lower back, and I received many inquiries about scoliosis. Scoliosis is also an abnormal curvature of the spine. With scoliosis, the spine curves sideways.

A surgical procedure that straightens individual vertebrae, not just the spine, shows promise for being more effective at straightening the spine of people suffering from scoliosis. Called ...

A young girl from the African country of Zimbabwe is in Oklahoma City preparing for a delicate surgery on her spine. Twelve-year-old Michaela Hallamore suffers from scoliosis, a painful condition ...

Kyphoscoliosis is an abnormal curvature of the spine in both the lateral — scoliosis — and forward — kyphosis — directions. It results in a complex three-dimensional shape, leading to a noticeable ...

Read at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the American Orthopædic Association, Philadelphia, Pa., September 17, 1890.

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