MRI impression section - please help to understand

MRI Report:

mild cervical spine scoliosis with concavity to left
oblideration of cervical lordosis - suggesting muscles spasm
c5-c6 and c6-c7 small anterior osteophytes

Ortho consultant is suggesting surgery. Is surgery a permanent solution?

[Dr Sharma]

HI there. Scoliosis is the lateral curvature in the cervical spine. The scoliotic spine is also rotated or twisted, like the stripes on a pole. As the spine twists it pulls the ribs along with it, so that one side of the chest becomes higher than the other, or the shape of the thorax may change. Adults with moderate or severe scoliosis can have progressively worsening curves which cause cosmetic disfigurement, back pain and in the worst cases, difficulty breathing. Treatment after the curve has already become severe in adulthood is much less successful than treatment during childhood or adolescence. So corrective surgery for scoliosis is required though it doesn’t promise solution from all the problems. Take care.