. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 14.

Published in final edited form as: J Neurosurg. 2016 Sep 16;126(6):1795–1811. doi: 10.3171/2016.5.JNS153006

TABLE 4.

Postoperative complications^*

	Technique

Variable	Standard (%)	CST (%)	p Value

Overall complication rate^†	7/25 (28)	2/15 (13)	0.28

Postop stroke	0 (0)	0 (0)	—

Postop deep vein thrombosis	4/25 (16)	0/15 (0)	0.10

Postop hemorrhage	1/25 (4)	1/15 (7)	0.71

Infection	5/25 (20)	1/15 (7)	0.25

Some patients experienced more than 1 complication. Values are expressed as the number of patients.

^†

All complications examined in this study, including postoperative stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, postoperative deep vein thrombosis/pulmonary embolism, and infection.