Intervertebral disc surgery: intraoperative complications
Lebkowski, W.J.
Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska 27(3): 415-419
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-3843 PMID: 8232740 Document Number: 414216
Several hundreds of thousands of operations on the lumbosacral spine are carried out annually for decompression of nerve roots and disc removal. It is the opinion that serious intraoperative complications developed in 2.5 to 13.7% of cases. In the few literature reports cases have been described of dural sac rupture, injury to large retroperitoneal vessels, intestinal perforation and complete severing of ureters.