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. 2020 Jul 27;8(6):1305–1312. doi: 10.1007/s43390-020-00165-7

Table 3.

Spine related reoperations

Spine-related reoperations
Total Perioperative Delayed
Gastrointestinal 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Death 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Instrumentation 7 (2.7%) 1 (0.4%) 6 (2.3%)
 Broken rod 1 (0.4%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.4%)
 Loss of connection between implants 2 (0.8%) 0 (0%) 2 (0.8%)
 Loss of fixation to bone 1 (0.4%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.4%)
 Promiment hardware 2 (0.8%) 1 (0.4%) 1 (0.4%)
 Other 1 (0.4%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.4%)
Medical 2 (0.8%) 1 (0.4%) 1 (0.4%)
 Dural tear/leak 1 (0.4%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.4%)
 Other 1 (0.4%) 1 (0.4%) 0 (0%)
Neurologic 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Pseudarthrosis 2 (0.8%) 0 (0%) 2 (0.8%)
 Pseudarthrosis—only 1 (0.4%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.4%)
Pseudarthrosis with broken rod 1 (0.4%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.4%)
Pulmonary 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Reoperation (PJK, unplanned staged procedure) 3 (1.2%) 2 (0.8%) 1 (0.4%)
Deep Infection 17 (6.6%) 9 (3.5%) 8 (3.1%)
Wound—other (Superficial infection, dehiscence, other) 5 (1.9%) 4 (1.6%) 1 (0.4%)
Total 36 (14.0%) 15 (5.8%) 21 (8.3%)