Revision adult spinal deformity surgery: Does the number of previous operations have a negative impact on outcome?

ConclusionsRevision ASD patients who had two or more previous operations present with more coronal and sagittal imbalance and worse functional status. Patients who had three or more previous operations have relatively higher reoperation rate but similar perioperative complication rate and similar clinic improvements.Graphical abstractThese slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.

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Source: European Spine Journal - October 31, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research