Prevalence of complications in neuromuscular scoliosis surgery: A literature meta-analysis from the past 15 years

European Spine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1230-1249

  Sharma, Shallu ^a,b   Wu, Chunsen ^c   Andersen, Thomas ^a   Wang, Yu ^a   Hansen, Ebbe Stender ^a   Bünger, Cody Eric ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b INDIAN SPINAL INJURIES CENTRE   (India)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Complications; Deformity surgery; Meta analysis; Neuromuscular scoliosis; Scoliosis surgery; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; DECUBITUS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDICLE SCREW; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SCOLIOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN IRRITATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 84879217424     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-012-2542-2     Document Type: Review

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