Adult scoliosis surgery is not one operation. It is a plan: which levels to include, whether the pelvis must be in the construct, whether an osteotomy is needed, and how to protect the cord and nerve roots while restoring balance.
Dr. Li trained with Lawrence Lenke at Columbia Spine Hospital, one of the defining deformity programs in the country. Reconstruction may combine anterior lumbar interbody work (ALIF) with posterior instrumentation from thoracic spine to pelvis when that is what standing balance requires.
The goal is a spine you can live in — not a perfectly straight x-ray at the cost of an overly long fusion.