Table 1.

Complications of lumbar spine fusion surgery of elderly patients in our research

Complications		Patients
Major postoperative complications	Coronary artery disease/Congestive heart failure/Cardiac insufficiency	10
	Pneumonia	7
	Wound infection (debridement)	3
	Severe arrhythmia	2
	Neurological dysfunction (transient foot drop)	1
	Athma	1
	Guillain-Barre syndrome	1
	Acute cerebral infarction	1
	Deep venous thrombosis	1
Minor postoperative complications	Delirium	4
	Atrial fibrillation	3
	Incomplete intestinal obstruction	1
Intraoperative complications	Cerebrospinal fluid leakage	1
	Multiple	5