Table 5 Postoperative complications with conservative treatment, in-hospital stay and follow-up times
From: Perioperative complications after surgical treatment in degenerative adult de novo scoliosis
| Â | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Total | Early complications (< 30 d) | Late complications (> 30 d) | No complications | p-value (3–2) | p-value (4–2) | p-value (4–3) | ||||
|  | n = 92 | % | n = 23 | % | n = 49 | % | n = 20 | % |  |  |  |
Electrolyte disturbances | 9 | 9.8 | 2 | 0.09 | 7 | 0.14 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.51 | 0.19 | 0.08 |
UTI | 8 | 8.7 | 3 | 0.15 | 5 | 0.13 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.79 | 0.07 | 0.10 |
Sciatic pain | 22 | 23.9 | 12 | 0.52 | 10 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.00 | < 0.05 | < 0.01 | < 0.05 |
Hypoesthesia | 3 | 3.3 | 1 | 0.04 | 2 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.96 | 0.36 | 0.37 |
Intensive pain-therapy | 14 | 15.2 | 5 | 0.22 | 9 | 0.18 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.74 | < 0.05 | < 0.05 |
Thrombosis | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | – | – | – |
Pulmonary embolism | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | – | – | – |
Stroke | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | – | – | – |
Death | 2 | 2.2 | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.58 | 0.36 | 0.53 |
Hospital Stay (d) | 21.9 ± 10.0 | 31.6 ± 12.6 | 20.1 ± 6.8 | 15.0 ± 3.2 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | ||||
Follow-up time (months) | 16.4 ± 13.8 | 14.1 ± 10.9 | 17.6 ± 15.2 | 15.8 ± 13.8 | 0.32 | 0.67 | 0.63 | ||||