The Clinical Outcomes and Perioperative Care of Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Thoracolumbar Kyphoscoliosis

Abstract

Objective To evaluate the clinical outcomes and complications of posterior spinal fusion surgery in the treatment of neurofibromatosis type 1(NF1)thoracolumbar kyphoscoliosis, and to explore the mode of perioperative care for nurses provided to the patients. Methods We used the retrospective analysis on the 134 patients with NF1 thoracolumbar kyphoscoliosis admitted to our department from March 2012 to April 2022 and analyzed the clinical outcomes and perioperative complications by using the related statistics. We evaluated the Perioperative care by the nurses in the treatment of NF1 to explore the mode of nursing to the patients with the NF1, by using specific observation points and evaluation indicators. Results NF1 kyphoscoliosis patients had poor preoperative nutritional status and lung function. NF1 kyphoscoliosis underwent longer operation time, lost more blood in operation, had higher osteotomy grade and more postoperative complications. All the patients successfully completed the operation in our group. The correction rate of scoliosis was (52.8±22.7)%, and the correction rate of kyphosis was (57.3±34.6)%. 25 patients had complications but no such serious complications as nerve damage. Conclusions The practice of the perioperative nursing to NF1 type scoliosis patients facilitates the shortening of the recovery period, the prevention or timely detection of complications, and improvement of the therapeutic effect.

Keywords

• neurofibromatosis type 1 kyphoscoliosis
• clinical nursing
• complications
• deformity correction