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