Published results showed pain catastrophizing may predict greater self-reported pain and lower scores on other self-reported outcomes 2 years after posterior spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
“Pain catastrophizing has a reasonably high prevalence in our [adolescent idiopathic scoliosis] patient population (1:10 kids), so surgeons will undoubtedly encounter these patients, and their postoperative outcomes will be affected by it in two interesting ways,” Brandon A. Ramo, MD, of Scottish Rite for Children, told Healio. “The patients who are pain catastrophizers