Examinar los casos de hernia discal lumbar operados entre los años 1997 y 2002, realizando un análisis de las complicaciones quirúrgicas, a la vez que se realiza una revisión de la literatura en relación con el tema.
Material y métodosSe revisaron las historias clínicas de 64 pacientes con diagnóstico de compresión radicular lumbar por hernia discal, sometidos a tratamiento quirúrgico, analizándose un total de 73 cirugías, incluyendo 9 reintervenciones realizadas en el período de tiempo definido al inicio.
ResultadosSe presentaron complicaciones en 7 procedimientos (9.6%): 2 infecciones profundas, 1 caso de desgarro de la duramadre reparado, 2 casos de fístula de líquido cefalorraquídeo (LCR), 1 pseudomeningocele, y 1 caso de lesión de la raíz L5.
ConclusionesLas complicaciones que se presentaron con mayor frecuencia fueron los desgarros de la duramadre y las infecciones, resultados que coinciden con las series internacionales publicadas.
To analyze the complications in a series of patients operated on for lumbar disc herniations between 1997 and 2002.
MethodsThe records of 64 patients with the diagnosis of lumbar radicular compression by disc herniation who underwent 73 surgical procedures were analyzed. The patients with radicular pain without disc herniation were excluded.
ResultsComplications occurring in 7 cases (9.6%) were 2 deep infections, 1 dural tear which was repaired, 2 cerebrospinal fluid fistulae, 1 pseudomeningocele and 1 lesion of L5 root.
ConclusionsThe most frequent complications were dural tear and infection. These observations are similar to those reported in previously published papers
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