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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1970;52:1248-1250.
© 1970 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

Acute Renal Failure—A Complication of Spine Fusion in the Tuck Position

A CASE REPORT

HUGO A. KEIM M.D.1 and JOEL D. WEINSTEIN M.D.1

1 From the Scoliosis Service, New York Orthopaedic Hospital, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York

A case of acute renal failure is described in a patient after spine fusion for scoliosis, performed in the tuck or knee-chest position. The suspected etiology is a release of myoglobin from anoxic and ischemic muscle in the lower extremities due to a tourniquet effect secondary to the position.


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