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Complications Following Surgical Intervention for Adult Lumbar Scoliosis

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Advances in spinal instrumentation, surgical techniques, and critical care have resulted in substantial growth of surgery on higher-risk patients with greater degrees of spinal deformity. Despite the relatively high rates of associated complications and adverse events, multiple studies have demonstrated the potential of surgical treatment of adult spinal deformities including scoliosis to provide significant improvement in health-related quality of life measures. However, appropriate patient selection and establishing patient expectations depend on a thorough understanding of the risks and how they apply to the individual patient.

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    Peter Christiansen MD, Michael LaBagnara MD, Durga Sure MD, Christopher I. Shaffrey MD & Justin S. Smith MD

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Christiansen, P., LaBagnara, M., Sure, D., Shaffrey, C.I., Smith, J.S. (2017). Complications Following Surgical Intervention for Adult Lumbar Scoliosis. In: Klineberg, E. (eds) Adult Lumbar Scoliosis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47709-1_19

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