CHICAGO — Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis procedural costs were significantly lower when a high-volume surgeon performed the surgery, according to research presented here.
There were other advantages of having a high-volume surgeon perform posterior spinal fusion for patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) instead of a regular-volume surgeon, such as less estimated blood loss, according to research presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting.
The increasing incidence of AIS surgery led Sayyida Hasan, BS, and colleagues at Cohen Children’s