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Table 5 Complications at 12-month minimum follow-up

From: Comparison of a novel hand-held retractor-assisted transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion by the wiltse approach and posterior TLIF: a one-year prospective controlled study

  

Wiltse approach TLIF

P-TLIF

 

Screw malposition

 

0

0

 

Cage migration

 

1

0

 

CSF leakage

 

0

1

 

Surgical site infection

 

0

1

 

Neurologic defict

 

0

0

 

DEEP venous thrombosis

 

0

0

 

Pulmonary embolus

 

0

0

 

FBSS

 

1

0

 

Total incidence

 

6.7%

7.7%

 

P value

P > 0.5 P > 0.5

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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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