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A Historic Overview of Complications in Spinal Deformity Surgery

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Surgical treatment of spinal deformity is evolving rapidly. We have developed a more comprehensive understanding of spinal deformity, and surgical strategies and tools targeting deformity correction have become more sophisticated. With new surgical strategies and techniques have come new complications. As a prelude to the case-based analysis of complications in modern spinal deformity surgery that follows, this introductory chapter provides a brief history of complications in spinal deformity surgery over the preceding 20 years.

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Louisville, Norton Leatherman, Spine Center, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA

    Steven D. Glassman

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  1. Joan O’Reilly Endowed Professor in Spinal Surgery, Vice Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA

    Praveen V. Mummaneni

  2. Professor, Director of Spinal Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Paul Park

  3. University of Louisville, Norton Leatherman Spine Center, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

    Charles H. Crawford III

  4. Chief, Division of Spine Surgery, Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

    Adam S. Kanter

  5. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Louisville, Norton Leatherman Spine Center, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

    Steven D. Glassman

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Glassman, S.D. (2018). A Historic Overview of Complications in Spinal Deformity Surgery. In: Mummaneni, P., Park, P., Crawford III, C., Kanter, A., Glassman, S. (eds) Spinal Deformity . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60083-3_1

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