Table 2

Overall reoperation rate for WSI titanium instrumentation

complications
number of patients
operative revision after...

Neurologic complication
1
1 day
acute infection
1
3 weeks
implant failure
1
3 weeks
loss of correction
1
22 months
late operative site pain (LOSP)
1
43 months
pseudarthrosis
2
73 and 102 months
late deep infection
0
-
reoperation for all reasons
7/50 (14%)


Mueller and Gluch Scoliosis 2009 4:16   doi:10.1186/1748-7161-4-16

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