Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 5 Clinically assessed postoperative deficits
Name | Year | No. of patients | New postoperative deficits | Types of deficit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Appel et al. | 2016 | 381 | 2 | – |
Hilibrand et al. | 2004 | 427 | 2 | 1 paraplegia, 1 upper extremity paraplegia |
Sakaki et al. | 2012 | 357 | 0 | – |
Garcia et al. | 2010 | 80 | 4 | 3 unilateral upper extremity motor and sensory deficits, 1 complete spinal cord injury |
Eggspuehler et al. | 2007 | 246 | 12 | 11 nerve root injury, 1 quadriplegia |