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Table 2 Summary of rates and types of complications occurring in the examined papers

From: Lumbar total disc arthroplasty: outdated surgery or here to stay procedure? A systematic review of current literature

References

Reoperation

Mean cause of reoperation

Other complications

HO

Subsi-dence

Adjacent segment disease

Overall

Park et al. [7]

5 (9.3%)

Degenerative spondylolisthesis and facet arthritis

–

–

–

–

–

Guyer et al. [8]

24 (11.8%)

Stenosis

–

15.9%

0%

–

–

Garcia et al. [9]

2.3%

Pain

–

1.6%

1%

–

30%

Assaker et al. [11]

4 (3%)

Abdominal wall weakness

–

–

–

–

42% (57)

Lee et al. [12]

4 (10.5%)

Facet arthritis

Peritoneal injuries, abdominal infection and retrograde ejaculation

–

–

–

27.2%

Lu et al. [13]

–

–

Leg pain, pedicle fracture, tear of iliac vein, anhidrosis and abdominal hernia

71.4%

3 (9.4%)

–

–

Tohmeh et al. [14]

0 (0%)

–

–

3 (5.4%)

1 (1.6) %

–

–

Lu et al. [15]

0 (0%)

–

Tear of iliac vein

1 (3.3%)

3 (10%)

–

–

Aghayev et al. [17]

10 (4%)

Implant dislocation

Vessel injuries, dura lesions, vertebral fracture, ureter lesions

–

–

11 (10.7%)

23.4%

Guyer et al. [18]

10.3%

Stenosis

–

–

0%

–

71.1%

Siepe et al. [19]

34 (17%)

Adjacent level disc herniation

Postsympathectomy syndrome, retrograde ejaculation, abdominal hematoma

–

–

–

–

Skold et al. [22]

5 (6.3%)

Hernia

Suspected facet joint pain, hematoma, nerve entrapment, meralgia parestheti-ca

–

1

–

–

Meir et al. [24]

11(39.3%)

Device failure

Pain, tear of iliac vein

12 (85.7%)

–

68%

–

Scott-Young et al. [31]

4 (3.3%)

Device dislocation

Wound infection, nerve irritation, spondylolisthesis, discogenic pain

–

6.5%

0%

–

Blondel et al. [1]

21 (9.5%)

Persistent pain

Vascular lesions, retrograde ejaculation, impaction of a keel, wound hematoma

–

–

5 (2.25%)

–

Katsimihas et al. [35]

3 (4.7%)

–

Retroperitoneal hematoma, superficial abdominal hematoma, retrograde ejaculation

–

44 (83%)

1 (1.5%)

–

Berg et al. [38]

8 (10%)

Recurrent pain

Hematoma, nerve entrapment, wound hernia, meralgia paresthetica, dural tear

–

1

1

17.5%

Sinigaglia et al. [39]

–

–

Laparoceles, persistent abdominal pain, wound dehiscence, urinary disorder, paresthesia, radiculitis

0%

–

–

80.6%

Di Silvestre et al. [40]

2 (12.5%)

–

Tear of iliac vein, severe anemia, persistent sciatica

–

1 (6.25%)

–

–

Siepe et al. [46]

8 (8.1%)

–

Abdominal wall hematoma, dislocation

1

–

1

17 (17.2%)

David et al. [47]

11 (10.4%)

Symptomatic

facet arthrosis

Nerve irritation, core dislocation, adjacent disc herniation

–

3 (2.8%)

3 (2.8%)

–

Holt et al. [49]

11 (5.4%)

–

Venous injury, retrograde ejaculation, ileus, vein thrombosis, blood loss, incisional hernia, epidural hematoma, dural tear, infection, neurological complications, stenosis, spondylolisthesis

–

7

2

155 (75.6%)

Siepe et al. [52]

10.9%

–

Retrograde ejaculation, sympathectomy related dysesthesia, extraforaminal disc protrusion,

1

2

2

18 (19.6%)

Putzier et al. [57]

5 (9%)

Implant subsidence

Implant fracture, implant dislocation, persistent pain

–

2

9 (17%)

–

Bertagnoli et al. [58]

–

–

Peritoneal hematoma, superficial hematoma, retrograde ejaculation, persistent leg pain

–

0

–

–

Lemaire et al. [62]

5 (5%)

 

Symptomatic articular arthritis, retrograde ejaculation, acute leg ischemia, vascular injuries, neurological complications

3

2

2

–

Tropiano et al. [63]

7

–

Deep venous thrombosis, iliac vein laceration, retrograde ejaculation, incisional hernia, radicular pain

–

0

–

9%