Table 7.
Complications in patients with AS and DISH: number of patients reported (fatal outcome)
| Complication | AS | DISH | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surgical | Conservative | Surgical | Conservative | |
| Aortic dissection | 3 (2) | 1 (1) | ||
| Aortic pseudoaneurysm | 1 | |||
| Cervical myelopathy | 1 (1) | |||
| Cardiac arrest | 1 (1) | 4 (4) | 1 (1) | |
| Cerebrovascular accident | 4 (3) | |||
| Decubitus | 1 | 2 | ||
| Deep venous thrombosis | 2 | 1 | ||
| Epidural hematoma | 7 | 4 | 1 | |
| Epilepsy | 1 (1) | |||
| Esophago-cutaneus fistula from tracheotomy | 1 | |||
| Gastrointestinal tract bleeding | 1 | 6 | ||
| Hemothorax | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Heterotopic ossification | 1 | |||
| Instrumentation failure | 33 | 3 | 1 | |
| Massive hemorrhage during surgery | 3 | |||
| Multiple organ failure | 1 (1) | |||
| Nonunion/pseudoarthrosis | 6 | |||
| Pneumonia | 12 (10) | 22 (18) | 2 | 3 (2) |
| Pulmonary embolus | 3 (3) | 2 (2) | ||
| Respiratory insufficiency | 10 (6) | 24 (10) | 5 (4) | |
| Septicaemia | 2 (1) | 2 (2) | ||
| Tracheal rupture | 1 (1) | |||
| Wound infection | 9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total number reported (fatal outcome) | 93 (26) | 83 (40) | 6 | 12 (8) |
| % of total reported patients (% fatal outcome) | 27.0 (7.5) | 24.1 (11.6) | 10.9 | 21.8 (14.5) |