Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Guide

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Treating Your Child’s Scoliosis

Your child’s spine is central to their everyday health and happiness. That’s why, as part of a top 3 pediatric orthopaedics program in the U.S., our team of scoliosis specialists collaborate in a single location to provide the best treatment for your child’s scoliosis.

The Crawford Spine Center at Cincinnati Children's

Cincinnati Children's is ranked a top 3 in Orthopaedics in the 2023-24 Best Children's Hospitals issue of U.S. News and World Report.

The Crawford Spine Center at Cincinnati Children’s has earned an international reputation for treating scoliosis. We care for children from all over the world, from infants to young adults through age 21.

Each year, we evaluate thousands of children and teens for scoliosis, and our specialists perform more than 200 surgical procedures.

Why Choose Us?

Many Specialists, One Goal

The Crawford Spine Center is built on a team approach. The center offers the first and only facility in the region that includes experts from several specialties who work closely together to evaluate, diagnose and treat your child’s scoliosis for the best possible outcome.

Peter F. Sturm, MD, director of the Crawford Spine Center at Cincinnati Children’s, offers more than 30 years of experience in the treatment of pediatric scoliosis, kyphosis, and other spine deformities. He has built a national reputation in the treatment of children and teens with complex spinal deformities.

Alvin Crawford, MD, the center’s founder, was one of the leading innovators in the field. He developed ways to perform scoliosis surgery that are less invasive, so kids with scoliosis have quicker, less painful recoveries.

Leading Techniques

Our experts offer a full spectrum of treatment options. They include conservative, non-operative approaches such as bracing and casting. We also offer surgical reconstructive techniques including:

  • Minimally invasive surgery
  • Image-guided surgery
  • Robot-assisted surgery

Individualized Care for Spinal Surgery

When spinal surgery is found to be the best treatment option for your child, each family is paired with a nurse. This nurse works directly with you, your child and your surgeon to develop a care plan from the moment surgery is decided on until well after treatment is complete.

This personalized approach to care gives you and your child the emotional support and knowledge you need to feel at ease and confident.

Conditions Treated

The Crawford Spine Center treats every type of pediatric scoliosis including:

  • Early-onset scoliosis (EOS), which includes:
    • Congenital scoliosis
    • Infantile idiopathic scoliosis
    • Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis
  • Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS)
  • Secondary scoliosis screening