Table III.

Complications and revision procedures.

Nature of complication/revision operation	Cases, n	Revision operations, n
Perioperative
Pulmonary
Atelectasis	3	N/A
Pneumonia	1	N/A
Superficial wound infection	1	N/A
Hip and shoulder pain	1	N/A
Numbness in the arm and breast	1	N/A
Prompting revision of tether
Overcorrection (loosening tether)	1	1
Tether breakage (replaced)	1	1
Adding on (extension of tether)	1	1
Prompting fusion
Insufficient correction of tethered curve and progression of deformity	5	5
Adding on	1	1

N/A, not applicable.