Complications in the surgical treatment of 19,360 cases of pediatric scoliosis: A review of the scoliosis research society morbidity and mortality database

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1484-1491

  Reames, Davis L ^a   Smith, Justin S ^a   Fu, Kai Ming G ^a   Polly Jr , David W ^b   Ames, Christopher P ^c   Berven, Sigurd H ^d   Perra, Joseph H ^e   Glassman, Steven D ^f   McCarthy, Richard E ^g   Knapp Jr , Raymond D ^h   Heary, Robert ⁱ   Shaffrey, Christopher I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^f NORTON LEATHERMAN SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^g Jackson T Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute   (United States)

^h Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

complications; congenital scoliosis; idiopathic scoliosis; neuromuscular scoliosis; pediatric scoliosis; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATAXIA; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONGENITAL SCOLIOSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE INFECTION; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FRIEDRICH ATAXIA; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INFANT; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NEUROMUSCULAR SCOLIOSIS; NEWBORN; OSTEOTOMY; PNEUMONIA; POLIOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETT SYNDROME; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPINAL FUSION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79958071410     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181f3a326     Document Type: Review

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