Research Article
Neurological Complications after Lateral Transpsoas Approach to Anterior Interbody Fusion with a Novel Flat-Blade Spine-Fixed Retractor
Table 3
Lateral and posterior levels treated.
| | Lateral levels treated | Number of patients, lateral | Number of patients with neurological complication |
| One | L1-L2 | 3 | 0 | L2-L3 | 19 | 0 | L3-L4 | 52 | 0 | L4-L5 | 85 | 2 | L5-S1 | 1 | 0 |
| Two | T12–L2 | 1 | 0 | L1–L3 | 4 | 0 | L2–L4 | 17 | 0 | L3–L5 | 34 | 1 | L4–S1 | 3 | 0 |
| Three | L1–L4 | 1 | 0 | L2–L5 | 25 | 2 | L3–S1 | 1 | 0 |
| Four | L1–L5 | 1 | 0 | L2–S1 | 6 | 0 |
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At final postoperative visit (average follow-up of 13.2 months).
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