Perioperative Complications of Spinal Fusion for Thoracic Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

· (a – DePuy AcroMed Corp.)

A prospective database of 673 patients with thoracic AIS was analyzed to determine the incidence of major or minor perioperative complications in anterior and posterior spinal fusions. Average age at surgery was 14 years, and average pre-op curvature was 51°in the ASF group and 54° in the PSF group. Perioperative complications of surgery for thoracic AIS were rare, with 3 major complications (0.4%), without any permanent sequelae, and 32 minor complications (4.8%). There was no significant difference between the ASF and PSF groups.

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