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

Table 15.

Incidence of complications with instrumentation surgery and non-instrumentation surgery

Incidence of complications
Instrumentation surgery Non-instrumentation surgery
2011 15.6 % (1,480/9,487) 8.2 % (1,786/21,893)
2001 12.1 % 6.8 %
1994 15.5 % 5.9 %