A Kelowna mother is reaching out to the community for help as her daughter, Amanda Conn, 37, battles severe scoliosis, degenerative bone disease, and chronic pain. Diagnosed at age 12, Conn has ...

In November 2018 an Irish spinal surgeon travelled to Portugal for a conference featuring some of the world’s top scoliosis researchers. What he heard there ultimately led to a metal spring ...

‘Missed opportunities’ and the mystery letter – puzzles of the scoliosis surgery scandal Many questions unanswered after children implanted with faulty devices Former chief executive of CHI ...

A mother, whose teenage son is on a waiting list for spinal surgery at Children's Health Ireland, has said it is "unbelievable" that he is left in constant pain. Louise Collins, from Tralee in Co ...

Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine. Although it can affect people of any age, it typically occurs in children ages 11 or over. In some people, the spine can become so curved that it ...

The mother of a child with scoliosis has called for a public inquiry into the use of the springs in spinal surgeries at Temple Street Hospital. Claire Cahill, the co-founder of the Scoliosis ...

The father of a child who waited three-years for scoliosis surgery has said the situation is “only getting worse”. Scoliosis is a a sideways curvature of the spine that is usually diagnosed ...

THE Head of Children Health Ireland’s Board resigned today after a bombshell report found failures resulted in the implanting of non-medical springs inside three children during scoliosis surgeries.

metal springs not marked as “CE” compliant under EU health and safety rules were implanted in three children with the intention to treat scoliosis of their spines. Dr Browne issued a statement ...

While ERT has extended survival in infantile-onset cases, no curative therapy exists. GENV-002 was invented by Dwight Koeberl, M.D., Ph.D., professor in the Department of Pediatrics and a medical ...

OrthoPediatrics launched its VerteGlide system for scoliosis. The new spinal growth guidance system is the company’s 80th launch and is used for early onset scoliosis, according to an April 8 news ...