EARLY COMPLICATIONS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY.

Ricardo Lucca Cabarite Saheb Thabata Pasquini Soeira Lucas Moratelli Mariana Demétrio de Sousa Pontes Carlos Fernando Pereira DA Silva Herrero

Published in: Acta ortopedica brasileira (2023)

As in the literature, we evinced dysphagia, pain, and superficial infection of the surgical wound as the most frequent postoperative complications. However, it was impossible to establish a statistical relationship between the incidence of complications and surgical time, access route, and number of fixed segments.

Keyphrases

risk factors
chronic pain
systematic review
spinal cord
neuropathic pain
wound healing