Complications in Scoliosis Surgery
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The surgical treatment of all types of scoliosis pursues correction of the deformity, get a solid spinal fusion and balance the trunk in the sagittal and coronal plane. For this it is necessary to perform technically demanding surgery, long lasting, with great exposure of the surgical field, high blood loss and ultimately extremely aggressive. No doubt we can say that scoliosis surgery is one of the more complex interventions that are performed in orthopedic surgery. This makes complications of these surgeries not uncommon and potentially very serious.
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