title: Complications After Surgical Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
abstract: Even with current techniques and instrumentation, complications can occur after operative treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. The most dreaded complications-neurologic deficits-are relatively infrequent, occurring in 1% or less of patients. Nonneurologic deficits, such as infection, pseudarthrosis, curve progression, and proximal junctional kyphosis, are more frequent, but are much less likely to require reoperation or to cause poor functional outcomes. Understanding the potential complications of surgical treatment of pediatric spinal deformity is essential for surgical decision-making.
authors.affiliation: Santa Casa de Sao Paulo Hospital Central Sao Paulo, Rua Dr Cesario Motta Jr, 112, Vila Buarque, Sao Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Rodrigo Góes Medéa
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: de Mendonça
authors.affiliation: University of Tennessee-Campbell Clinic, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Biomedical Engineering, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, 1400 South Germantown Road, Germantown, TN 38138, USA. Electronic address: jsawyer@campbellclinic.com.
authors.forename: Jeffrey R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Sawyer
authors.affiliation: University of Tennessee-Campbell Clinic, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Biomedical Engineering, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, 1400 South Germantown Road, Germantown, TN 38138, USA.
authors.forename: Derek M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Kelly
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D006801:Humans; D012086:Reoperation; D013121:Spinal Curvatures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Complications; Surgical treatment