Complications and Risk Factors of Primary Adult Scoliosis Surgery

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Authors

A. Blamoutier · Centre Hospitalier privé Saint Grégoire

Pierre Roussouly · Communauté urbaine de Lyon

Abstract

Overall complication rate was 39%, and 26% of the patients were reoperated for mechanical or neurological complications. Risk factors include number of instrumented vertebra, fusion to the sacrum, PSO, and preoperative pelvic tilt of 26° or more. There is a 44% risk of a new operation in the 6-year-period after the primary procedure.

Topics & Keywords

Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Spine

Volume 37, Issue 8, pp. 693-700

DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e31822ff5c1

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