Open AccessComplication rate during multilevel lumbar fusion in patients above 60 years
Author(s) -
Bijjawara Mahesh,
Bidre Upendra,
Vijay Sekharappa,
GC Arun Kumar,
Srinivas Reddy
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.201704
Subject(s) - medicine , lumbar , complication , surgery
Spine surgery in elderly with comorbidities is reported to have higher complication rates and increased cost. However, the surgical outcome is good irrespective of the complications. Hence, it is essential to identify the factors affecting the complication rates in such patients and the measures to reduce them. This retrospective observational study determines the perioperative complications, their incidence and the measures to reduce complications in the elderly with comorbidities, operated by instrumented multilevel lumbar fusion.