Delayed Postoperative Spinal Cord Injury with Complete Paralysis After Adolescent Idiopathic Surgery: A Case Report.

Published in: JBJS case connector (2022)

Delayed presentation of neurologic injury after scoliosis surgery is particularly uncommon. Close postoperative monitoring, with an emphasis on hypotensive etiologies and a low threshold to remove the instrumentation, is essential to rapidly diagnose and treat these catastrophic events.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
spinal cord injury
patients undergoing
surgical site infection
young adults
mental health
percutaneous coronary intervention
coronary artery disease