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Epidemiological patterns of scoliosis in a spinal center in Saudi Arabia

Abdurrahman M. Al-Arjani, Mohammed W. Al-Sebai, Hazem M. Al-Khawashki and Munir F. Saadeddin
Saudi Medical Journal June 2000, 21 (6) 554-557;
Abdurrahman M. Al-Arjani
Department of Orthopedics, Armed Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed W. Al-Sebai
Riyadh Medical Complex, PO Box 801, Riyadh 11421, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel. +966 (1) 4020785. Fax. +966 (1) 4352206.
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Hazem M. Al-Khawashki
King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Munir F. Saadeddin
King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To study the patterns of scoliosis seen in a major Spinal Unit in Saudi Arabia.

METHODS: Medical records of 192 Saudi patients with scoliosis seen between 1992 and 1997 at the Spinal Unit of the Riyadh Medical Complex (which is a major spinal unit in the Kingdom) were studied and analyzed and epidemiological data was collected.

RESULTS: Fifty nine percent of all cases of scoliosis were idiopathic, 7% were secondary to poliomyelitis and 17% were congenital scoliosis. The mean age of discovery of idiopathic scoliosis was 12.5 years and at presentation was 16 years. The mean Cobb's angle at presentation was 58oC. Adolescent type constituted 74% of idiopathic curves with a male to female ratio of 1:3.8. Thoracic curves were the most common followed by the double major curves. Half of the curves were right sided. Infantile idiopathic scoliosis constituted 8% with male to female ratio of 4:1 and here left thoracic curves formed 50%. The juvenile type constituted the remaining 18% with male to female ratio of 1:1.5.

CONCLUSION: The pattern of scoliosis in our study is comparable in many aspects with other studies carried out elsewhere, with the exception of delay in patients age at referral. We believe that our data could reflect a possible pattern of the epidemiology of scoliosis in Saudi Arabia, given the fact that there is no National Registry. To avoid delay in management, community education will help in the early detection of cases.

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Epidemiological patterns of scoliosis in a spinal center in Saudi Arabia
Abdurrahman M. Al-Arjani, Mohammed W. Al-Sebai, Hazem M. Al-Khawashki, Munir F. Saadeddin
Saudi Medical Journal Jun 2000, 21 (6) 554-557;
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