Comparison in clinical outcome of two surgical treatments in degenerative scoliosis.

To evaluate the clinical outcome of two different surgical treatments in treating degenerative scoliosis. Forty patients with degenerative scoliosis hospitalized in our department from June 2010 to June 2012 were selected. They were randomly divided into two groups. The first group was performed on the points with nerve or spinal compression for decompression, bone grafting, and short-segmental fixation in situ; The second group was treated with sufficient decompression, long-segmental fixation, and short-segmental fusion to operate orthopedic on scoliosis in three dimensions. All patients completed the follow-up period for more than 1 year, with the average of 18 months. Bone grafting fusion was achieved in all of the patients. The second group showed significantly better result in remission rate of postoperative pain and ODI improvement rate than the first group. Long-segmental internal fixation orthopedic is a better surgical option for patients with degenerative scoliosis to achieve sufficient decompression and three-dimensional orthopedic; therefore, it is a better solution for biomechanical reconstruction of spine.