SynthesisEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2013
Prevalence of complications in neuromuscular scoliosis surgery: a literature meta-analysis from the past 15 years.
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- Surgical complications in neuromuscular scoliosis surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis of the last ten years.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 · 2024Pooled it
- Risk factors of early complications after thoracic and lumbar spinal deformity surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.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 · 2023Pooled it
- Comparison of a dual-surgeon versus single-surgeon approach for scoliosis surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.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 · 2021Pooled it
- Pseudarthrosis in adult and pediatric spinal deformity surgery: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis of incidence, characteristics, and risk factors.Neurosurgical review · 2019Pooled it
- Prevalence of axial symptoms after posterior cervical decompression: a meta-analysis.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 · 2016Pooled it
- Prevalence of C5 nerve root palsy after cervical decompressive surgery: a meta-analysis.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 · 2015Pooled it
- Predictors for postoperative gastrointestinal complications in pediatric non-idiopathic scoliosis patients.Spine deformity · 2026Article
- Evaluation of a Pediatric Surgical Risk Calculator for Postoperative Outcomes in Spinal Deformity.Global spine journal · 2026Article
- Pre-operative zoledronate is safe for children with medical complexity undergoing posterior spinal fusion for neuromuscular scoliosis.Spine deformity · 2026Article
- Preoperative Evaluation of the Child With Cerebral Palsy.Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America · 2026Review
- Perioperative Anesthetic Management in Pediatric Scoliosis Surgery: A Narrative Review with Focus on Neuromuscular Disorders.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Bipolar spinal correction reduces transfusion rate and hospital stay compared with traditional posterior spinal fusion in children with scoliosis secondary to cerebral palsy.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 · 2025Article
- One-way self-expanding rods for early onset neuromuscular scoliosis: a two-year follow-up of an international cohort.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 · 2025Article
- Risk Factor Analysis for Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in Neuromuscular Scoliosis: A Single-Center Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- One Year Results of the Randomized BiPOWR Trial Comparing the Spring Distraction System (SDS) and the One Way Self-Expanding Rod (OWSER) for the Correction of Neuromuscular and Syndromic Early Onset Scoliosis.Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America · 2025Article
- The effectiveness and safety of staged halo-pelvic traction combined with posterior spinal fusion in the treatment of severe rigid spine deformity: a prospective cohort study.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- Elevated hospital floor-based HDU (POPUP-HDU): a new safe alternative to PICU for high-risk neuromuscular and syndromic children undergoing scoliosis surgery.Spine deformity · 2025Article
- "Ultralow-dose" CT Without Sedation in Pediatric Patients With Neuromuscular Scoliosis.Journal of pediatric orthopedics · 2025Article
- In-hospital post-operative fever after posterior spinal fusion for neuromuscular scoliosis in non-ambulatory cerebral palsy patients: is there value for clinical workup for an isolated fever?Spine deformity · 2024Article
- Comparison of two modeling approaches for the identification of predictors of complications in children with cerebral palsy following spine surgery.BMC medical research methodology · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeOur objectives were primarily to review the published literature on complications in neuromuscular scoliosis (NMS) surgery and secondarily, by means of a meta-analysis, to determine the overall pooled rates (PR) of various complications associated with NMS surgery.
methodsPubMed and Embase databases were searched for studies reporting the outcomes and complications of NMS surgery, published from 1997 to May 2011. We focused on NMS as defined by the Scoliosis Research Society's classification. We measured the pooled estimate of the overall complication rates (PR) using a random effects meta-analytic model. This model considers both intra- and inter-study variation in calculating PR.
resultsSystematic review and meta-analysis were performed for 68 cohort and case-control studies with a total of 15,218 NMS patients. Pulmonary complications were the most reported (PR = 22.71 %) followed by implant complications (PR = 12.51 %), infections (PR = 10.91 %), neurological complications (PR = 3.01 %) and pseudoarthrosis (PR = 1.88 %). Revision, removal and extension of implant had highest PR (7.87 %) followed by malplacement of the pedicle screws (4.81 %). Rates of individual studies have moderate to high variability. The studies were heterogeneous in methodology and outcome types, which are plausible explanations for the variability; sensitivity analysis with respect to age at surgery, sample size, publication year and diagnosis could also partly explain this variability. In regard to surgical complications affiliated with various surgical techniques in NMS, the level of evidence of published literature ranges between 2+ to 2-; the subsequent recommendations are level C.
conclusionNMS patients have diverse and high complication rates after scoliosis surgery. High PRs of complications warrant more attention from the surgical community. Although the PR of all complications are affected by heterogeneity, they nevertheless provide valuable insights into the impact of methodological settings (sample size), patient characteristics (age at surgery), and continual advances in patient care on complication rates.
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