Complications After Surgical Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
Orthop Clin North Am
; 47(2): 395-403, 2016 Apr.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26772948
ABSTRACT
Even with current techniques and instrumentation, complications can occur after operative treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. The most dreaded complications-neurologic deficits-are relatively infrequent, occurring in 1% or less of patients. Nonneurologic deficits, such as infection, pseudarthrosis, curve progression, and proximal junctional kyphosis, are more frequent, but are much less likely to require reoperation or to cause poor functional outcomes. Understanding the potential complications of surgical treatment of pediatric spinal deformity is essential for surgical decision-making.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Spinal Curvatures
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Spinal Fusion
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Orthop Clin North Am
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil