TY  - JOUR
AU  - Reetz, Kathrin
AU  - Lischewski, Stella A.
AU  - Schulz, Jörg B.
AU  - Praster, Maximilian
AU  - Pishnamaz, Miguel
AU  - Dogan, Imis
AU  - Romanzetti, Sandro
AU  - Dadsena, Ravi
AU  - Konrad, Kerstin
AU  - Clavel, Thomas
AU  - Jankowski, Vera
AU  - Jankowski, Joachim
AU  - Pabst, Oliver
AU  - Marx, Nikolaus
AU  - Moellmann, Julia
AU  - Jacobsen, Malte
AU  - Marx-Schütt, Katharina
AU  - Dukart, Juergen
AU  - Eickhoff, Simon
AU  - Hilgers, Ralf-Dieter
TI  - Scoliosis Surgery in a Patient With Advanced Friedreich's Ataxia—It Is Not Too Late
JO  - Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
VL  - 13
IS  - 1
SN  - 2328-9503
CY  - Chichester [u.a.]
PB  - Wiley
M1  - FZJ-2026-00913
SP  - 200 - 203
PY  - 2026
AB  - Friedreich's ataxia is a multisystem disorder with scoliosis being the most common non-neurological manifestation. While scoliosis surgery is typically performed in adolescent, ambulatory patients, few data exist on surgical outcomes in patients with advanced disease. We present a 38-year-old woman with late-stage Friedreich's ataxia and pronounced thoracolumbar scoliosis (Cobb angle 48°) causing severe pain and limited sitting tolerance. After posterior corrective spondylodesis (T4-ilium), she reported marked improvements in pain, sitting tolerance, function, and quality of life in the SF-36 questionnaire. This case highlights the potential for substantial clinical and functional benefits from scoliosis surgery in patients with advanced Friedreich's ataxia.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - 41044041
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:001586225500001
DO  - DOI:10.1002/acn3.70219
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1052298
ER  -