Spinal Surgery in Children with Idiopathic and Neuromuscular Scoliosis. What's the Difference?
- 1 March 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
- Vol. 26 (2) , 216-220
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.bpo.0000206516.61706.6e
Abstract
We compared children who were hospitalized for the management of idiopathic scoliosis (IS) and neuromuscular scoliosis (NMS) via analysis of the 2000 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Kid Inpatient Database. Children with NMS had longer lengths of stay (9.2 vs. 6.1 days, P < 0.001), higher total charges (66,953 US dollars vs. 47,463 US dollars, P < 0.001), more diagnoses (6.3 vs. 2.5, P < 0.001), and more total procedures (4.2 vs. 3.0, P < 0.001) than did children with IS. Children with NMS more frequently developed pneumonia (3.5% vs. 0.7%, P < 0.001), respiratory failure (24.1% vs. 9.2%, P < 0.001), urinary tract infections (5.3% vs. 0.7%, P < 0.001), and surgical wound infections (1.3% vs. 0.3%, P < 0.001). Overall, 1570 children with NMS underwent spinal surgery, totaling to 105 US dollars million in hospital charges and 14,444 hospital days. We conclude that children with NMS experience significantly more complicated and costly hospitalizations than do children with IS. These results may add information on preoperative care, surgical decision-making, discussions of informed consent, and the provision of anticipatory guidance for children and their caregivers.Keywords
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