title: Imaging in adult scoliosis: preoperative assessment and postoperative complications.
abstract: Adult scoliosis rates range from 2 to 32%. Surgery for scoliosis is common. Accurate and surgically relevant information should be provided to the referring surgeon from pre- and postoperative imaging. There are various methods to correct scoliosis surgically with the end points correction of the curve and relief of symptoms. This is achieved through the placement of spinal instrumentation with a goal of osseous fusion across the instrumented levels. There are many potential postoperative complications. The initial and postoperative imaging, types of surgery, and hardware are reviewed along with the common early and late complications with relevant illustrations.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neuroradiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Jason M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Yeo
authors.forename: Alexandra Talia
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Vertinsky
authors.forename: Jason B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Chew
authors.forename: Manraj K S
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Heran
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shewchuk
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Malfair
authors.forename: Douglas A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Graeb
authors.forename: John T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Street
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*