Table 4 Overall complications

Proximal screw out of the rod

29% (4 of 14)

[33]

Loss initial height

21% (3 of 14)

[23]

Proximal pull out of the hooks

19% (11 of 59)

[41]

Screw/plug loosening

18% (10 of 57)

[7, 28]

Reoperation for rod malposition

17% (1 of 6)

[42]

Fail distraction

12% (25 of 216)

[14, 19, 26, 28, 33, 34, 38, 39]

Painful out patient distraction

12% (7 of 60)

[36]

Connector breakage

11% (4 of 38)

[7]

Progressive trunk shiftiness

11% (2 of 18)

[14]

complete blockage/rod breakage

10% (20 of 197)

[7, 14, 19, 27,28,29, 33, 34, 39, 40]

Proximal junctional kyphosis

9% (16 of 183)

[7, 24, 26, 28, 33, 36, 39]

Infection

8% (11 of 142)

[7, 19, 23,24,25,26,27, 29, 34, 39, 40]

Coronal imbalance

8% (3 of 38)

[7]

Pleural effusion

6% (1 of 17)

[30]

Back pain

5% (3 of 56)

[14]

Detachment of pedicle screw hand/screw misplaced

5% (2 of 38)

[7]

Pelvic obliquity

5% (1 of 19)

[28]

Pulmonary complications

4% (3 of 68)

[7]

Fracture

4% (2 of 56)

[14]

Delayed wound healing

3% (2 of 61)

[39]

Secondary scoliosis

3% (1 of 30)

[36]

Wound dehiscence

3% (1 of 30)

[36]

Pulmonary embolism

3% (1 of 30)

[36]