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ArticleEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2024

Delayed hemothorax after anterior vertebral body tethering in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a case report.

Kailey Wilock, Ron El-Hawary

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Article in 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, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Kailey WilockDalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Ron El-HawaryDalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada. ron.el-hawary@iwk.nshealth.ca.ORCID 0000-0003-2172-6188

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purposeThe aim of this case report is to report that delayed hemothorax is possible after anterior vertebral body tethering (aVBT) and to illustrate the course of treatment.

methodsWe present a 15-year-old boy with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis who underwent an anterior thoracoscopic assisted vertebral body tethering who developed a massive right-sided hemothorax 12 days post-operatively. A chest tube was placed to drain the hemothorax and later required embolectomy with tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) to drain the retained hemothorax.

resultsAt 1 month follow up post discharge the patient was asymptomatic, and radiograph did not demonstrate evidence of residual hemothorax and scoliosis. We have followed this patient for 5 years postoperative and he continues to do well clinically and radiographically.

conclusionsPulmonary complications are a known drawback of anterior thoracoscopic spinal instrumentation. Delayed hemothorax is possible after aVBT. In the case of a retained hemothorax, chest tube treatment with TPA is a safe and effective method of embolectomy.

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HemothoraxScoliosisVertebral BodyAdolescentEmbolectomyHumansMalePostoperative ComplicationsSpinal FusionThoracoscopyTissue Plasminogen ActivatorTreatment OutcomeTissue Plasminogen ActivatorAdolescentAnterior vertebral body tetheringDelayed hemothoraxHemothoraxMaleVBT

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