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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosurg Spine. 2015 Sep 25;24(1):124–130. doi: 10.3171/2015.4.SPINE141329

TABLE 4.

Comparison of perioperative complications between matched cohorts of PABD and NoPABD patients*

Category NoPABD, n = 50 PABD, n = 50 p Value
Infection 0.766
 None 46 (92.0) 46 (92.0)
 Minor 1 (2.0) 2 (4.0)
 Major 3 (6.0) 2 (4.0)

Neurological 0.489
 None 48 (96.0) 45 (90.0)
 Minor 1 (2.0) 2 (4.0)
 Major 1 (2.0) 3 (6.0)

Cardiopulmonary 0.106
 None 47 (94.0) 40 (80.0)
 Minor 2 (4.0) 2 (4.0)
 Major 1 (2.0) 8 (16.0) 0.046

Renal NA
 None 50 (100) 50 (100)

Wound-healing problems NA
 None 50 (100) 50 (100)
*

All values are expressed as number of patients (%).

Statistically significant.