Spinal deformity surgery is accompanied by serious complications: report from the Morbidity and Mortality Database of the Scoliosis Research Society from 2013 to 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) report of the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) has been collected since 1965 and since 1968 submission of complications has been required of all members. Since 2009, the SRS has collected information on death, blindness, and neurological deficit, with acute infection being added in 2012 and unintentional return to the operating room (OR) being added in 2017. In this report, we use the most recent data submitted to the SRS M&M database to determine the rate of neurological deficit, blindness, acute infection, unintentional return to the OR, and death, while also comparing this information to previous reports.

Methods

The SRS M&M database was queried for all cases from 2013 to 2020. The rates of death, vision loss, neurological deficit

SUBMITTER: Bivona LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9284960 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature