Table 3.

Other postoperative outcomes at 1 year

Variable	Paramedian LDH	Extraforaminal LDH	P value
Operation time (minutes), mean	65.78	71.89	0.154
Days in hospital, number, mean	1.37	1.57	0.120
Total complications, number (%)	30 (1.8)	1 (1.4)	0.948
Perioperative complications, number (%)	34 (2.0)	1 (1.4)	0.705
Unintentional durotomy	20 (1.2)	0 (0.0)	0.351
Nerve injury	2 (0.1)	0 (0.0)	0.769
Blood replacement or postoperative hematoma	5 (0.3)	1 (1.4)	0.121
Cardiovascular complications	2 (0.1)	0 (0.0)	0.769
Respiratory complications	1 (0.1)	0 (0.0)	0.836
Anaphylactic reaction	1 (0.1)	0 (0.0)	0.836
Wrong level surgery	1 (0.1)	0 (0.0)	0.836
Patient-reported complications within 3 months, number (%)	89 (7.9)	6 (10.9)	0.424
Wound infection	25 (2.2)	3 (5.5)	0.124
Urinary tract infection	35 (3.1)	1 (1.8)	0.587
Pneumonia	7 (0.6)	1 (1.8)	0.291
Pulmonary embolism	3 (0.3)	0 (0.0)	0.702
Deep vein thrombosis	3 (0.3)	0 (0.0)	0.702
Micturition problems	32 (2.8)	1 (1.8)	0.653
Reoperation within 90 days	106 (6.3)	5 (6.9)	0.803

LDH, lumbar disc herniation