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Table 3 List of individual complications occurring in the different scoliosis aetiologies as found in the reviewed literature

From: Rate of complications in scoliosis surgery – a systematic review of the Pub Med literature

Complication

NM

AS

IS

CS

Mixed

Death

6,5%

(3S) 2,5%

0,03%

  

Pseudarthrosis

(7S) 13,1%

(7S) 17,5%

(5S) 5%

 

(4S) 23%

Deep wound infection

(3S) 13,2%

 

(S2) 3,1%

 

4,7%

Neurologic Complications

 

(2S) 7,5%

(3S) 1,5%

9%

(4S) 2,7%

Delayed Infection

  

(2S) 2,9%

  

Pedicle screw mispl.

  

(2S) 15,8%

 

10,5%

Delayed Paraparesis

  

X

  
  1. Individual complications as have been found in the literature reviewed for the rates of complications [13, 68, 69, 71, 77, 88, 135, 138–215] as a descriptive analysis for neuromuscular scoliosis (NM), adult scoliosis (AS), idiopathic scoliosis (IS), congenital scoliosis (CS) and scoliosis of mixed aetiology (Mixed). Whenever there was more than one study found describing a certain complication rate, the number of studies (S) has been given and the rates have been averaged. X = described once.
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Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders

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