Adult Idiopathic Scoliosis (Fusion)

Case Information

Patient had adolescent idiopathic scoliosis which was treated with a spinal fusion and Harrington rods as a teenager.
Patient developed degeneration of the lumbar spine below the fusion. The degeneration caused a lot of back pain and leg pain.
An anterior fusion was performed at multiple lumbar segments to ensure a fusion to the sacrum.
Posterior fusion was performed with posterior instrumentation extending from the previous fusion to the ileum on the same day.