… and medical factors, it is no surprise the annual number of discharges for spinal fusion …
Postoperative complications after posterior lumbar fusion can have significant impact on a …

… instability and the indications for lumbar spinal fusion. Because of the hazards of nonrandomized
comparisons, we believe that the efficacy of lumbar spinal fusion should be tested in …

… major medical complications and 30-day mortality to represent life-threatening complications.
Age, … remained independently associated with life-threatening complications. Complex …

… This systematic review reports the overall rate of medical complications following LLIF
procedures to range from 0.44% to 1.81%. These included wound, cardiac, vascular, pulmonary, …

… (Reproduced with permission from Laws CJ, Coughlin DG, Lotz JC, Serhan HA, Hu SS:
Direct lateral approach to lumbar fusion is a biomechanically equivalent alternative to the …

… on the effect of these complications on long-term clinical … complications—that is, those
occurring within 30 days after surgery—alter the long-term clinical outcomes after lumbar fusion. …

… complication rates and optimal results. This article divides the complications of spinal fusion
… Complications related to surgical procedures in general are not discussed. Postoperative …

… Lumbar spine fusion is a common procedure associated with a high cost burden … complications.
We aimed to summarise systematic reviews on the effectiveness of lumbar spine fusion …

… a review of the risk of complications balanced with the likelihood of … lumbar fusion. We
hypothesized that pain intensity is associated with a patient's acceptance of surgical complication …

… Medical complications examined in our study fell in to six different categories on the basis
of organ system (cardiac, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, neurological, hematological, and …