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Rate of complications
| All surgeries (n = 158) |
First surgery (n = 133) |
Recurrent surgery (n = 25) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | 27 (17.1%) | 22 (16.5%) | 5 (20%) |
| CSF leakage | 8 (5%) | 5 | 3 |
| Hydrocephalus/shunt implantation | 6 (3.8%) | 4 | 2 |
| Pulmonary embolism | 3 (1.9%) | 3 | 0 |
| Hemiparesis | 3 (1.9%) | 3 | 0 |
| Dysphagia | 3 (1.9%) | 3 | 0 |
| Chronic subdural hematoma | 1 (0.6%) | 1 | 0 |
| Postop. mortality | 3 (1.9%) | 3 | 0 |
