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Pooled rate [122] of complications for the different aetiologies |
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| Studies |
Average rate |
Range |
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| 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% |
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| Congenital Scoliosis |
4 |
14% (SD 23) |
0 – 48% |
| Congenital Heart Disease |
1 |
27% |
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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 |
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