Experience in Perioperative Management of Patients Undergoing Posterior Spine Fusion for Neuromuscular Scoliosis

Table 1

Statistical comparison between CP and DMD patients.

	CP		DMD
		%		%
Number of patients	66	—	30	—
Age at surgery	16.5	—	14,2	—	0,001
Ambulatory	7	11%	6	20%	NS
Preoperative Cobb angle	69,7	—	39,1	—	<0,001
Postoperative Cobb angle	25	—	13	—	<0,001
Correction rate	59,6%		79,4%		0,001
Preoperative pelvic obliquity	17,7	—	12,8	—	NS
Postoperative pelvic obliquity	5,8	—	2,2	—	0,006
Correction rate	64,5%		87,7%		0,003
Preoperative TK	35,3	—	6,2	—	<0,001
Postoperative TK	30,2	—	6,8	—	<0,001
Preoperative LL	40	—	15	—	<0,001
Postoperative LL	40,9	—	22,3	—	<0,001
Early complications	39	59%	9	30%	0,02
Wound infection	13	20%	3	10%	NS
Deep infection that required surgical debridement	7	11%	3	10%	NS
Other infections	10	15%	5	17%	NS
Gastrointestinal issues	6	9%	1	3%	NS
Other	2	3%	0	0%	NS
Mortality	2	3%	0	0%	NS
Hardware issues	9	14%	7	23%	NS
Pseudarthrosis	7	11%	6	20%	NS
PJK	2	3%	1	3%	NS
In which return to OR	3	33%	1	14%	NS