Table 2.

Complications and outcomes in cervical corpectomy.

Complications and Outcomes in Cervical Corpectomy
Complication Category	Description and Incidence (%)
Dysphagia and Swallowing Difficulties	Transient dysphagia = 5.2% (n = 737,041) Persistent dysphagia = 0.8% (n = 2122)
Esophageal Perforation	Incidence of esophageal perforation = 0.2% (n = 12,842)
Laryngeal Nerve Injury	Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Palsy = 1.2% (n = 26,464)
Adjacent Segment Disease	ASD Requiring Reoperation = 8.6% (n = 2699)
Graft and Hardware Failure	1–2-Level Cervical Corpectomy = 98.11% success rate (n = 52)
CSF Leak	Postoperative CSF leak incidence = 0.7% (n = 1)
Hematoma	Incidence of postoperative hematoma = 1.0% (n = 865,052) Incidence of postoperative hematoma requiring surgical intervention = 46.1% (n = 1594)
C5 Palsy	Incidence of postoperative C5 palsy = 3.0% (n = 5134)
Infection	Incidence of postoperative infection = 1.2% (n = 965,867)
New or Worsened Neurological Deficit	Incidence of deficit = 0.5% (n = 137,654)