Introduction

Scoliosis surgery is a life-changing procedure, but not devoid of perioperative complications. Often patients' scoring systems do not cover their real-life needs, including return to pre-surgery activity.

Return to school, physical education (PE) is an important indirect marker of recovery. Although anterior spinal fusion (ASF) may have advantages, compared to posterior spinal fusion (PSF), because of motion-saved segments, there is a paucity of literature about post-operative return to school/PE in the compared groups.