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Adolescent Scoliosis  Correction

Preop Checklist

Operation Checklist

  • Paeds aneasthesia/nursing

  • IOM, perfusionist

  • Pre assessmentBloods: G&S, FBC, UE, LFT, Coag, Vit D, Bone profile

  • Consent for operation

  • Consent for Research Samples [Adolescent PIS, Parent PIS, Assent, consent]

  • Size 9 Biogel Indicator underglove and Eclipse glove

  • Iodine hand wash, Alcohol Hand Rub

  • 3x EDTA (purple top) blood tubes labelled with NHS number only for research specimen

  • Allen or OSI table with Jackson frame, Leg sling with 3 pillows, medium hip pads, Chest bar, C-Flex head support, Pads for face and arms

  • Cell Saver

  • Diathermy (Conmed or Valleylab. Not ERBE) with smoke evacuator set to Mono Cut 50 Coag 50, Bipolar 36

  • Long opsite dressing for natal cleft

  • 2 Bair huggers

  • Imaging available: Standing XR AP & Lateral, MRI scoliosis series, Bending films

  • Image intensifier

  • Chloraprep resistant marker pen

  • Alcoholic betadine, chloraprep x2 (do not crack)

  • Large drapes (do not cut in half) to square off. Large side drape for lateral II

  • Ioban seal

  • Screw systems:

    • Xia 3 Deformity kit: Polyaxial, uniplanar, (+ extra separately packed in sizes 6.5x40 and 6.5x35), 5.5 tap, 

      • Standard and Custom Gold reduction tubes 

      • Blue reduction clamps

    • Medacta MUST Deformity system, Towers and Crickets
  • Pedicle finders: smooth and sharp green gear stick and curved sharp finder

  • Double ended dual stiffness pedicle feeler

  • Hooks and Cross links to be available- Check from Plan

  • Large 5.5mm rod holder x2, Rod cutter, 5.5 and 6.0mm Cobalt chrome and titanium rods to be available. May use prebent

  • T handle screw driver

  • Power screwdriver

  • Sonopet & Apex/Aggressive knife attachment

  • Nibblers: Large Leksell, small Leksell, Northfield gouge

  • 3 & 4 mm Kerrison rongeurs

  • Large hammer

  • 6,9,12 & 16mm sharp straight osteotomes

  • Blunt mayo retractors

  • 2x Universal containers with saline for Research specimens labelled with NHS number only

  • Stryker medium and fine bone mill

  • Freeze dried femoral head or Vitoss BA 10cc strips x3 to be available- open one at a time as directed

  • Heavy PDS, 2/0 PDS, 3/0 monocryl

  • Glue, Surgistrips, long  Opsite/Mepore film & pad dressing

  • Specimen, blood and copy of research consent forms (NOT operation consent form) to go for research

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