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Table 4 List of other long-term complications as found in literature [24]

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

Complication

Curvature progression after surgery [10, 13, 8691]

Decompensation [9297]

Increased sagittal deformity [98]

Increased torso deformity [99104]

Emotional breakdown [88]

Gastrointestinal bleeding (late complication 6 years post surgery) [105]

Subarachnoid-pleural fistula [106]

Blindness due to central retinal artery occlusion [107]

Kidney failure due to compression of a ureter [108]

Nerve root injury and degeneration due to compression [109]

Recurrent meningitis [110]

Chronic intermittent vomiting [111, 112]

Cast syndrome [113, 114]