The treatment of scoliosis in cerebral palsy by posterior spinal fusion with Luque-rod segmental instrumentation.

Risk factors for delayed infections after spinal fusion and instrumentation in patients with scoliosis

“…Perioperative factors such as cognitive impairment, use of an allograft in patients with neuromuscular scoliosis, use of preoperative skeletal traction, age greater than 20 years, and higher intraoperative blood loss have been reported as risk factors for infection. 6,16,25 However, there are limited published data about the risk factors for the development of delayed infections after spinal fusion and instrumentation in the population with scoliosis.This retrospective cohort study was undertaken to investigate 1) the incidence of delayed infections in a larger population with scoliosis treated using spinal fusion and instrumentation, and 2) the predictive factors of the development of delayed infections after spine surgery in unselected patients with scoliosis who underwent spinal deformity surgery. …”

“…Perioperative factors such as cognitive impairment, use of an allograft in patients with neuromuscular scoliosis, use of preoperative skeletal traction, age greater than 20 years, and higher intraoperative blood loss have been reported as risk factors for infection. 6,16,25 However, there are limited published data about the risk factors for the development of delayed infections after spinal fusion and instrumentation in the population with scoliosis.…”

Risk Factors for the Development of Delayed Infections Following Posterior Spinal Fusion and Instrumentation in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients

“…Various authors have described the incidence of delayed infection, the prevalent causative pathogenic bacterium, and the management of these patients. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Studies have implicated cognitive impairment, 8,9 use of allograft in the neuromuscular population, 9,10 use of preoperative skeletal traction, age greater than 20 years, and higher intraoperative blood loss 11 as risk factors for infection. However, we are not aware of any studies that have defined the risk factors for the development of delayed infection following PSFI in the AIS population.…”

Scolioses neurologiques et musculaires

“…La technique chirurgicale la plus utilisde est actuellement celle de Luque [1,10]. I1 est conseilld d'dviter le plus possible l'utilisation de ills intracanalaires car marne chez les patients neurologiques, une agression mddullaire peut aggraver l'dtat neurologique pdriphdrique.…”