Table 3.
Complications after anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) with posterior instrumentation in both study groups
| Complications | Group 1 (n=33) conventional approach |
Group 2 (n=23) minimally invasive |
| Intraoperative | ||
| Vascular injuries | 2 | 2 |
| Postoperative | ||
| Paralytic Ileus | 2 | 2 |
| Deep venous thrombosis | 1 | 0 |
| Dislocation of the iliac bone graft | 1 | 0 |
| Superficial wound infection | 0 | 1 |
| Weakness of left abdominal muscles | 3 | 0 |
| Sympathetic dysfunction | 3 | 2 |
| Lateral femoral cutaneus nerve injury | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 16 (48.5%) | 8 (34.8%) |