Surgical correction of scoliosis in children with congenital heart failure (Fontan circulation): case report and literature review.

Leichtle, Carmen I

Surgical correction of scoliosis in children with congenital heart failure (Fontan circulation): case report and literature review. [electronic resource] - European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society Sep 2008 - S312-7 p. digital

Publication Type: Case Reports; Journal Article; Review

1432-0932

10.1007/s00586-008-0597-x doi


Adolescent
Cyanosis--etiology
Female
Heart Defects, Congenital--complications
Heart Failure--congenital
Humans
Internal Fixators--standards
Intraoperative Complications--prevention & control
Monitoring, Intraoperative
Neurosurgical Procedures--instrumentation
Radiography
Plastic Surgery Procedures--instrumentation
Respiratory Insufficiency--etiology
Risk Factors
Scoliosis--complications
Spinal Fusion--instrumentation
Spine--diagnostic imaging
Thoracic Vertebrae--diagnostic imaging
Treatment Outcome