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. 2014 Dec 5;20(1):38–54. doi: 10.1007/s00776-014-0656-6

Table 1.

Items of intraoperative and postoperative complications

Nerve root damage
Spinal cord damage
Cauda equina damage
Dural tear
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage
Wrong level
Implant failure
Implant dislodgment
Vascular injury
Deep wound infection
Epidural hematoma
Pulmonary embolism/thromboembolism
Mental disorder
Hemothorax/pneumothorax
Circulatory disease
Cerebral disease
Digestive disease/liver disease
Anesthesiological
Respiratory disease
Urinary disease
Death
Others