From: Rate of complications in scoliosis surgery – a systematic review of the Pub Med literature
Complication |
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Increased sagittal deformity [98] |
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] |