title: Family reactions to surgical correction for kyphoscoliosis in spina bifida children: a preliminary report.
abstract: The families of 11 children who had been operated for the correction of kyphosis and scoliosis not less than 12 months previously were visited. The anxieties and expectations of patients and parents were investigated and the results compared with a similar investigation in the schools of the children.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological