Table 4.
Complication category* | Number of patients | |
---|---|---|
Healthy-weight patients (BMI% < 85) (n = 181) | Obese patients (BMI% ≥ 85) (n = 55) | |
Respiratory | 9 | 3 |
Pleural effusion | 2 | 0 |
Respiratory depression (secondary to morphine) | 4 | 2 |
Hemothorax | 3 | 1 |
Gastrointestinal | 3 | 3 |
Prolonged ileus | 1 | 0 |
Pancreatitis | 0 | 1 |
Parotitis | 1 | 0 |
Clostridium difficile colitis | 1 | 2 |
Cardiovascular | 0 | 0 |
Neurologic | 5 | 1 |
Thumb paresthesia | 1 | 0 |
Lower leg hyperesthesia | 1 | 0 |
Dural tear | 3 | 1 |
Genitourinary | 0 | 0 |
Wound | 3 | 1 |
Metal allergy | 2 | 0 |
Seroma | 1 | 1 |
Wound infection | 8 | 1 |
Acute | 3 | 1 |
Late | 5 | 0 |
Instrumentation failure | 1 | 1 |
Hook displacement | 1 | 0 |
Rod breakage | 0 | 1 |
Curve progression | 0 | 0 |
Total | 29 (16%) | 10 (18%) |
* Modified from Hod-Feins et al. [7].