Massive Hemothorax after Posterior Correction Surgery of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Case Report
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Massive Hemothorax after Posterior Correction Surgery of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Case Report
Posterior spine correction and fusion for AIS is considered a safe procedure and is currently the gold-standard in the treatment of progressive curves. Nevertheless, both neurologic and nonneurologic complications may occur [1,2]. Lung complications are rare, being reported in 0.9% of cases. In this sense, hemothorax complications occur in only 0.1% of surgical procedures [3-5]. Hemothorax typi...
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عنوان ژورنال: MOJ Orthopedics & Rheumatology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2374-6939
DOI: 10.15406/mojor.2016.05.00201