# Results of the Surgical Approach of Idiopathic Scoliosis in Adolescents and Postoperative Quality of Life: Systematic Literature Review

**Authors:** Bianca Gabriella de Oliveira, Thiago Silva Moura, Guilherme de Brito Lira Dal Monte, Bruno dos Santos Souza, Leonardo da Costa Borduchi, Laís Cristina Pereira da Silva

PMC · DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1785658 · Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia · 2024-06-22

## TL;DR

This study reviews surgical outcomes for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, showing improved spinal curvature and lung function with minimal recurrence.

## Contribution

A systematic review of surgical outcomes for AIS, emphasizing quality of life and pulmonary improvements post-surgery.

## Key findings

- Surgical correction reduced spinal curvature by an average of 55.06% with minimal recurrence.
- Postoperative lung function improved significantly in patients with severe AIS.
- No pulmonary function losses were reported after surgical correction.

## Abstract

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is considered the most severe and common spinal deformity, affecting children and adolescents still in the neuropsychomotor development phase before they reach skeletal maturity.

This study aimed to evaluate the surgical approach to adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), considering the results associated with the reduction of pathological curvature, pulmonary function, and repercussions on the quality of life of adolescents undergoing such treatment.

Systematic literature review, with a quantitative and qualitative approach to the data collected, structured according to the guidelines of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA), carried out in the databases linked to the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE) and Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS). The total sample of the studies was 638 adolescents with AIS, with a mean age of 14.93 years ± 1.24. The mean correction of the main pathological curvature in the studies was 55.06% ± 12.24.

In all of the selected studies using posterior spinal fusion to correct AIS, there was a significant reduction in pathological curvatures (> 49%), and the recurrence of curvature in none of the studies exceeded a pathological gain of more than 5%. As for lung function, the studies showed significant increases in forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC) in patients with severe AIS, and no pulmonary function losses were reported after surgery to correct AIS.

A escoliose idiopática do adolescente (EIA) é considerada a deformidade vertebral de maior gravidade e ocorrência, que acomete crianças e adolescentes ainda na fase de desenvolvimento neuropsicomotor, antes de atingirem a maturidade esquelética.

Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a abordagem cirúrgica da EIA, considerando resultados associados à redução de curvatura patológica, função pulmonar e repercussões na qualidade de vida dos adolescentes submetidos a tal tratamento.

Revisão Sistemática de literatura, com abordagem quanti-qualitativa dos dados coletados, cuja estruturação se deu conforme as orientações de
Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
(PRISMA) realizada nas bases de dados vinculadas à
Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online
(MEDLINE) e Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS). A amostra total dos estudos foi de 638 adolescentes com EIA, com uma idade média de 14,93 anos ± 1,24.

A correção média da curvatura patológica principal nos estudos foi de 55,06% ± 12,24. Em todos os estudos selecionados com fusão espinhal posterior para correção da EIA verificou-se redução significativa das curvaturas patológicas (> 49%), sendo que a reincidência de curvatura em nenhum dos estudos superou um ganho patológico superior a 5%. Quanto à função pulmonar, os estudos apontaram ganhos significativos de volume expiratório forçado em 1 segundo (VEF1) e capacidade vital forçada (CVF) em pacientes com EIA grave. Além disso, não foram relatados prejuízos de função pulmonar após intervenção cirúrgica para correção da EIA.

## Linked entities

- **Diseases:** Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (MONDO:0005488)

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** Idiopathic Scoliosis (MESH:D012600), spinal deformity (MESH:D013122), AIS (OMIM:181800), pathological curvature (MESH:D013121)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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