Clinical Study

Complications of Minimally Invasive, Tubular Access Surgery for Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Surgery

Table 1

Surgical case distribution.

SurgeryProcedureNumber ( )Durotomy ( )

LumbarParamedian discectomy29512
Redo discectomy553
Two-level discectomy10
Far lateral discectomy881
Redo far lateral discectomy110
Stenosis, single level1867
Stenosis, multilevel596
Stenosis, redo10
Synovial cyst441
Epidural abscess150
Other 30
Foraminotomy, single level1491
Foraminotomy, multilevel211
Foraminotomy, bilateral10
Total lumbar92932

CervicalForaminotomy, single level1600
Foraminotomy, two-level720
Foraminotomy, bilateral10
Foraminotomy, discectomy110
Foraminotomy, redo90
Laminectomy for stenosis60
Laminectomy for tumor10
Laminectomy for epidural hematoma10
Laminectomy for synovial cyst10
Total cervical2620

ThoracicDiscectomy71
Laminectomy for stenosis50
Laminectomy for biopsy40
Laminectomy for abscess10
Laminectomy for tumor30
Laminotomy for electrode200
Total thoracic401