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What are Risks of Spine Surgery?

What are Risks of Spine Surgery?

 

What are risks of spine surgery?

The complications of the surgery depend on the patient’s condition and the type of the procedure he has, for example:

  • Pain at the bone graft site.
  • Failure of the fusion, breakage of metal implants, or both.
  • Blood clots that may also lead to pulmonary embolism.
  • Nerve injury.
  • Graft rejection.
  • Infection(occur in less than 1-5% of spinal surgeries).
     
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