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Advances in medical treatments have improved life expectancy for DMD patients. Spinal bracing is not effective in preventing the deterioration of scoliosis. Seating and wheelchair adaptations can provide postural support. The multidisciplinary assessment of patients with DMD requiring treatment for scoliosis is reviewed, with particular focus on bone, cardiac and respiratory health. The indications, surgical techniques, and type of spinal instrumentation for surgical management for progressively severe scoliosis with or without pelvic obliquity are discussed. Anaesthetic techniques, intraoperative neuromonitoring, perioperative care, and postoperative management in the ICU are discussed for the optimal management of DMD patients undergoing surgery to correct spinal deformity. 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