Tyler Morrissey, MD
Orlando, Fla.—Preoperative echocardiography may be unnecessary in children with neuromuscular scoliosis undergoing spinal surgery who are deemed to be at low risk for perioperative cardiac complications.
The study found no statistically significant differences in intra- or postoperative cardiac complications in these patients, regardless of whether they underwent preoperative echocardiography. The study also concluded that preoperative echocardiography was unlikely to