Mortality and morbidity in early-onset scoliosis surgery.

Study Design: Retrospective chart review.

Objective: To accurately determine complication rates, particularly mortality rates, in surgically treated early-onset scoliosis.

Summary Of Background Data: The advent of modern segmental instrumentation for spinal fusion surgery in adolescent scoliosis has allowed for application of similar nonsegmental unfused techniques aimed at controlling scoliosis in the very young child.

Rates of new neurological deficit associated with spine surgery based on 108,419 procedures: a report of the scoliosis research society morbidity and mortality committee.

Study Design: Retrospective review of a prospectively collected, multicenter database.

Objective: To assess rates of new neurologic deficit (NND) associated with spine surgery.

Summary Of Background Data: NND is a potential complication of spine surgery, but previously reported rates are often limited by small sample size and single-surgeon experiences.

Morbidity and mortality in the surgical treatment of 10,242 adults with spondylolisthesis.

Object: This is a retrospective review of 10,242 adults with degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS) and isthmic spondylolisthesis (IS) from the morbidity and mortality (M&M) index of the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS). This database was reviewed to assess complication incidence, and to identify factors that were associated with increased complication rates.

Methods: The SRS M&M database was queried to identify cases of DS and IS treated between 2004 and 2007.

Complication rates of three common spine procedures and rates of thromboembolism following spine surgery based on 108,419 procedures: a report from the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Committee.

Study Design: Retrospective review of a prospectively collected database.

Objective: The Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) collects morbidity and mortality (M and M) data from its members. Our objectives were to assess complication rates for 3 common spine procedures, compare these results with prior literature as a means of validating the database, and to assess rates of pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in all cases reported to the SRS over 4 years.