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Table 2 Frequency of postoperative complications and outcomes of single-level spine percutaneous kyphoplasty by specialty

From: Spine surgeon specialty differences in single-level percutaneous kyphoplasty

Characteristic

Total

OC (N = 1019)

NC (n = 1229)

P value†

Overall Complications

230 (10.2)

108 (10.6)

122 (10.0)

0.601

Mortality in 30d

42 (1.9)

24 (2.0)

18 (1.5)

0.121

Systemic Complications

136 (6.0)

63 (6.2)

73 (5.9)

0.81

Occurrence of bleeding transfusions (≥1 unit of packed/whole RBCs given within 72 h post-operatively)

26 (1.2)

17 (1.7)

9 (0.7)

0.039

Pneumonia

25 (1.1)

13 (1.3)

12 (1)

0.5

Pulmonary embolism

15 (0.7)

7 (0.7)

8 (0.7)

0.917

Unplanned intubation

15 (0.7)

7 (0.7)

8 (0.7)

0.917

Ventilator > 48 h

7 (0.3)

3 (0.3)

4 (0.3)

0.895

Stroke/cerebrovascular accident

3 (0.1)

2 (0.2)

1 (0.1)

0.593

Cardiac arrest requiring CPR

5 (0.2)

4 (0.4)

1 (0.1)

0.183

Myocardial Infarction

7 (0.3)

4 (0.4)

3 (0.2)

0.708

Deep venous thrombosis requiring therapy

11 (0.5)

5 (0.5)

6 (0.5)

0.993

Acute renal failure

5 (0.2)

1 (0.1)

4 (0.3)

0.385

Progressive renal insufficiency

5 (0.2)

2 (0.2)

3 (0.2)

0.811

Urinary tract infection

50 (2.2)

19 (1.9)

31 (2.5)

0.292

Sepsis/septic shock

18 (0.8)

8 (0.8)

10 (0.8)

0.94

Wound related Complication

3 (0.1)

1 (0.1)

2 (0.2)

0.676

Unplanned reoperation

82 (3.7)

36 (3.5)

46 (3.7)

0.791

Reoperation related to principal operative procedure

18 (0.8)

4 (0.4)

14 (1.1)

0.048

Days from principal operative procedure to Unplanned Reoperationa

 

21.54 ± 8.03

18 ± 8.29

< 0.001

Unplanned readmission

214 (9.5)

94 (9.2)

120 (9.8)

0.664

Unplanned Readmission likely related to the principal procedure

74 (3.3)

33 (3.2)

41 (3.3)

0.897

Days from principal operative procedure to Unplanned Readmissiona

 

14.95 ± 8.55

13.84 ± 7.60

0.001

  1. CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation, OR operation room, N number of patients, NC neurosurgical cohort, OC orthopedic cohort
  2. aValues are presented as the mean and the standard deviation
  3. †Calculated using ANOVA for continuous variables and chi-square tests for categorical variables, differences were considered significant at p < 0.05, and these values are listed in bold type