The anaesthetic management of patients requiring surgical correction of idiopathic scoliosis using the Harrington Rod Instrumentation Technique is discussed. Special emphasis is made of the need to minimise blood loss, to limit homologous blood transfusions and to provide adequate postoperative analgesia.
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