Longitudinal Changes of Spinal Appearance Questionnaire and SRS-22 Questionnaire Domain Scores on Surgical Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients before and after 2 Years of Operation
Abstract:Background: Both Scoliosis Research Society-22 questionnaire and Spinal Appearance Questionnaire (SAQ) are well-established disease-specific patient-reported outcome questionnaires on adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Our severe AIS patients were administered both questionnaires before and after surgery. The use of SRS-22 on surgical cases was well documented, however, SAQ which focused on patients' perceptions of spinal appearance, was merely reported. This study summarized the longitudinal changes of S… Show more
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