Keith Bridwell, Washington University School of Medicine (IMAGE)

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Keith Bridwell, Washington University School of Medicine

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Keith Bridwell, M.D., a spine surgeon at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, performing surgery to correct scoliosis. With colleague Michael Kelly, M.D., Bridwell led a study of adults with lumbar scoliosis and found that the most important factor in determining whether to do surgery is the extent of a patient's disability due to his or her spinal deformity, as well as how much that disability interferes with day-to-day life.

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