title: Intra- and postoperative complications in lumbar disc surgery.
abstract: In a prospective study, 412 primary and 69 reoperations for herniated lumbar disc were observed and intra- and postoperative complications compiled. Only surgeons with the experience of more than 100 surgical procedures on lumbar discs entered this study. The complication rates of the micro- and macrosurgical techniques are compared. Intraoperative complications range from 7.8% in the microdiskectomies and 13.7% in the macrodiskectomies to 27.5% in the reoperations. Postoperative complications range from 1.4% in reoperation, 3.9% in the microdiskectomies up to 4.2% in the macrodiskectomies. The risk of complications correlates with the age of the patient and the operating time.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgical Clinic, Medical School, Hanover, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stolke
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Sollmann
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Seifert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery*; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012086:Reoperation; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors