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).