Incidence of complications associated with cervical spine surgery and post-operative physical therapy and implications for timing of initiation of post-operative physical therapy: a retrospective database study.
Justin M LantzCallie RobertsBlake FormanekLori A MichenerRaymond J HahJeffrey C WangZorica BuserPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2022)
The most common post-operative complications included new onset cervicalgia, revision and wound infection. Complications rates were not impacted by the timing of initiation of PT whether at 2, 8, or 12 weeks post-operatively.