Complications associated with surgical treatment of pediatric spondylolisthesis

Dana Olszewski; Daniel J. Sucato

doi:10.1007/978-1-4899-7575-1_26

Complications associated with surgical treatment of pediatric spondylolisthesis

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This chapter aims at discussing the possible complications after a pediatric patient has undergone surgical intervention for spondylolisthesis. General complications, including surgical site infection and bleeding are included. Specific complications related to the diagnosis of spondylolisthesis are neurologic deficits, pseudoarthrosis, instrumentation failure approach specific complications, and dural tears. The diagnosis, incidence of specific complications, and management strategies are discussed. A review of neuromonitoring is included to help with the identifying impending neurologic deficits.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Spondylolisthesis: Diagnosis, Non-Surgical Management, and Surgical Techniques
Publisher	Springer US
Pages	319-330
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	9781489975751, 9781489975744
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7575-1_26
State	Published - Jan 1 2015

Keywords

Complication
Infection
Instrumentation
Neurologic deficit
Spondylolisthesis

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Medicine(all)

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