The word idiopathic just means no known cause. For a small number of you there will be someone in your family who had scoliosis before you, there is some genetic link.
These are some typical x-rays before and after surgery.
The information below is about the length of stay and sometimes patients need to go to intensive/ critical care.
19 Year Old, 2017
![Spinal x-ray](https://services.nhslothian.scot/scottishnationalspineservice/wp-content/uploads/sites/96/2022/11/TTAISpreopAP-435x1024.jpg)
Before
![Spinal x-ray](https://services.nhslothian.scot/scottishnationalspineservice/wp-content/uploads/sites/96/2022/11/TTAISpostopAP-517x1024.jpg)
After
![Spinal x-ray](https://services.nhslothian.scot/scottishnationalspineservice/wp-content/uploads/sites/96/2022/11/TTAISpreopLAT-390x1024.jpg)
Before
![Spinal x-ray](https://services.nhslothian.scot/scottishnationalspineservice/wp-content/uploads/sites/96/2022/11/TTAISpostopLAT-369x1024.jpg)
After
13 Year Old, 2018
![Spinal x-ray](https://services.nhslothian.scot/scottishnationalspineservice/wp-content/uploads/sites/96/2022/11/EG-AIS-pre-PA.jpg)
![Spinal x-ray](https://services.nhslothian.scot/scottishnationalspineservice/wp-content/uploads/sites/96/2022/11/EG-AIS-post-PA.jpg)
![Spinal x-ray](https://services.nhslothian.scot/scottishnationalspineservice/wp-content/uploads/sites/96/2022/11/EG-AIS-pre-lat.jpg)
![Spinal x-ray](https://services.nhslothian.scot/scottishnationalspineservice/wp-content/uploads/sites/96/2022/11/EG-AIS-post-lat.jpg)
11 Year Old, 2017
![spinal x-ray](https://services.nhslothian.scot/scottishnationalspineservice/wp-content/uploads/sites/96/2022/11/CIA-idioOp24082017pre-PA.jpg)
![Spinal x-ray](https://services.nhslothian.scot/scottishnationalspineservice/wp-content/uploads/sites/96/2022/11/CIA-idioOp24082017post-PA-477x1024.jpg)
![Spinal x-ray](https://services.nhslothian.scot/scottishnationalspineservice/wp-content/uploads/sites/96/2022/11/CIA-idioOp24082017pre-Lat-413x1024.jpg)
![Spinal x-ray](https://services.nhslothian.scot/scottishnationalspineservice/wp-content/uploads/sites/96/2022/11/CIA-idioOp24082017post-Lat-374x1024.jpg)
![](https://services.nhslothian.scot/scottishnationalspineservice/wp-content/uploads/sites/96/2022/11/BSR2017to18NovIdiopathic-LOS.png)
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