Predicting Short-term Morbidity in Patients Undergoing Posterior Spinal Fusion for Neuromuscular Scoliosis
Basques BA, Chung SH, Lukasiewicz AM, Webb ML, Samuel AM, Bohl DD, Smith BG, Grauer JN. Predicting Short-term Morbidity in Patients Undergoing Posterior Spinal Fusion for Neuromuscular Scoliosis. Spine 2015, 40: 1910-1917. PMID: 26261918, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000001093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosterior spinal fusionSevere adverse eventsShort-term morbidityNeuromuscular scoliosisAdverse eventsRisk factorsInfectious complicationsASA classificationSpinal fusionNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric databaseSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric databaseOnly independent risk factorPoor short-term outcomeShort-term adverse outcomesPrevious cardiac surgeryRetrospective cohort studyIndependent risk factorOnly risk factorShort-term outcomesBody mass indexNMS patientsAnesthesiologists classificationCohort studyPatient characteristicsCardiac surgery