The human spine is meant to bend naturally, but an excessive curving of the spine, or kyphosis, is a condition that is either inherited or develops over time. Dr. Tom Miller speaks with Dr. Nicholas ...

Pediatric spinal deformities may be present at birth or may occur afterwards. Some of the most common deformities include pediatric scoliosis, kyphosis and spondylolysis. Pediatric scoliosis is of ...

Poor development of the spinal cord of the baby, while inside the mother's uterus. Poor development or absence of the bones of the spine (vertebrae) Fusing of the spinal bones with one another. Spinal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In 1921, Danish radiologist Holger Werfel Scheuermann described the characteristic rigid kyphotic deformity that ...

A young Scots girl with a rare genetic condition has been saved from paralysis thanks to talented surgeons at an Edinburgh hospital. Elise, eight, was born with congenital scoliosis and kyphosis, ...