Rate of complications due to neuromuscular scoliosis spine surgery in a 30-years consecutive series.
Francesco TurturroAntonello MontanaroCosma CalderaroLuca LabiancaVincenzo Di SanzoAndrea FerrettiPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2017)
The surgical treatment in neuromuscular scoliosis is burdened by a large number of complications. An accurate knowledge of possible complications is mandatory to prepare strategies due to prevent adverse events. A difference in definitions could completely change results in good or bad as well as in our same series the adverse events amounted at almost 30% of cases, but complications that due to complete failure would amount at 9.19% of patients.