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Table 3 Complications type and rates

From: Clinical outcomes and safety assessment in elderly patients undergoing decompressive laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis: a prospective study

Complication type

No./total responses*

All complications

18/100

Minor complications

12/100

   Dural tear

   9/100

   Superficial wound infection

   3/100

Major complications

6/100

   Perioperative death within 30 days

   1/100

   Upper UTI

   1/100

   Deep wound infection

   2/100

   Myocardial infarction (non-fatal)

   1/100

   Gastric ulcer

   1/100

  1. * One missing value. UTI; urinary tract infection.