Table 1

Pooled rate [122] of complications for the different aetiologies

Studies

Average rate

Range

Neuromuscular Scoliosis

22

35% (SD 21)

0 – 89%

Adult Scoliosis

11

44% (SD 24)

10 – 78%

Idiopathic Scoliosis

11

20% (SD 22)

0 – 73%*

Early onset Scoliosis

1

48%

Congenital Scoliosis

4

14% (SD 23)

0 – 48%

Congenital Heart Disease

1

27%

This table shows the wide range of variability of the overall complication rate in the different entities. * In the IS group one study on fusion down to the pelvis [69] showed the highest rate of 73%.

Weiss and Goodall Scoliosis 2008 3:9   doi:10.1186/1748-7161-3-9