Invasiveness has no influence on the rate of incidental durotomies in surgery for multisegmental lumbar spinal canal stenosis ( ≥ 3 levels) with and without fusion. Analysis from the German Spine Registry data (DWG-Register).

CONCLUSIONS: The rate of incidental DT during decompression for LSS with and without fusion in ≥3 levels was associated with BMI and previous surgery at the same spinal level. Invasivness (SII) is valid rather for variables proper to surgery such as bledding and Op-time but no with incidence for DT and subsequent CSF-leackage. PMID: 31601067 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31601067?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences - October 13, 2019 Category: Neurosurgery Tags: J Neurosurg Sci Source Type: research