Neuromuscular scoliosis has the highest complication rates of mortality and infection. The neurological deficit rates of all groups combined have slightly increased from 2009 to 2012 with the highest rates consistently being in the dysplastic spondylolisthesis and congenital kyphosis groups. This could be due to a number of factors, including more rigorous reporting.
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