Table 3.

Perioperative Complications.

Total [cases] (rate [%])		25	(24.3)
Respiratory complication	Atelectasis [cases] (rate [%])	5	(4.9)
	Pneumonia [cases] (rate [%])	3	(2.9)
	Bronchitis [cases] (rate [%])	2	(1.9)
	Hemothorax [cases] (rate [%])	1	(1)
Surgical site infection	Superficial [cases] (rate [%])	AIS: 5	(9.7)
		non-AIS: 5
	Deep [cases] (rate [%])	non-AIS: 2	(1.9)
Delayed awaking from anesthesia [cases] (rate [%])		3	(2.9)
Urinary tract infection [cases] (rate [%])		3	(2.9)
Ileus [cases] (rate [%])		1	(1)

Abbreviations: AIS, adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Twenty-five patients experienced perioperative complications. The most frequent complications were respiratory complications. We experienced 10 patients with superficial infection (five AIS patients, including 2 with atopic dermatitis, and 5 non-AIS patients), and 2 patients with deep infection (1 with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and 1 with Noonan syndrome).