Mortality after spinal fusion in children with cerebral palsy and cerebral-palsy-like conditions: A 30-year follow-up study.

Children with CP who required spinal fusions had reduced long-term survival compared with an age-matched typically developing cohort; however, a substantial number survived 20 to 30 years after the surgery. This study had no comparison group of children with CP scoliosis; therefore, we do not know whether correction of scoliosis affected their survival.