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Sometimes it’s a decision that is complicated and scary, like surgery for those big tonsils or scoliotic spine.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

If that weren’t enough to make plain the importance of disability in this production’s conception of the character, the scoliotic curvature of Richard’s spine is sewn into his costumes, designed by Francesca Callow.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2022

In advanced cases the pelvis becomes obliquely contracted—a deformity known as the scoliotic pelvis.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander