The X-rays look fantastic. The alignment is textbook. The rods are proud. And yet the patient says, “I’m…okay?”
Welcome to the murky world of patient-reported outcomes — where success isn’t measured in millimeters or Cobb angles, but in how patients feel. And more importantly: how much improvement actually counts as a win?
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