Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Study on complications after surgical management of idiopathic scolisis in children. MATERIAL & METHODS: During last five years, 594 patients aged from 14 to 17 years with idiopathic scolisos of 3-4 degree were treated surgically in The Turner Institute for Childrens Orthopedics. In 340 patients from them, to obtain a fusion, operations on anterior vertebrae were carried out. From them, there were 294 thoracotomies and 47 lumbotomies. RESULTS: During followup, 42 (14%) cases of hydrothorax were observed. Two patients needed repeated operations for inspection of a hemorrhage origin. In one patient a long fluid accumulation in pleural cavity was noted. It demanded more than three months for installation of drainage. There were no complications after surgical operation on lumbal spine. CONCLUSIONS: We have concluded that the complication of hydrothorax may be related to an amount of surgical intervention.