Complications Associated with Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Systematic Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Literature Search
2.2. Data Extraction and Potential Biases
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameter | Number |
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Total no. of studies included | 27 |
Total no. of patients | 1275 |
Type of OLIF L2-5 | 19 (with PS); 3 (Stand-alone); 5 (Unspecified) |
Type of Studies | 21 (Retrospective); 6 (prospective) |
No. of studies with CT Navigation used | 1 |
Number of complications | 327 (Total); 50 (Intra-op), 184 (Post-op), 93 (Late post-op); 3 (Re-operations) |
Group of OLIF | Total | |||||
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Complication Category | Complication Sub-Group | Specific Complication | Stand-Alone, n (%) | With Posterior Stabilisation, n (%) | Unspecified (+/− Posterior Stabilisation), n (%) | |
Cumulative no. of patients | 95 | 784 | 396 | 1275 | ||
Intra-operative | Vascular injury | Major | 0 | 2 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 3 (0.2) |
Minor | 0 | 8 (1.0) | 8 (2.0) | 16 (1.3) | ||
Endplate damage | Endplate damage | 0 | 0 | 22 (5.6) | 22 (1.7) | |
Vertebral body fracture | Vertebral body fracture | 0 | 3 (0.4) | 0 | 3 (0.2) | |
Membrane Laceration | Peritoneal laceration | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.1) | |
Ventral dural tear | 0 | 2 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 3 (0.2) | ||
Ureteral injury | 0 | 2 (0.3) | 0 | 2 (0.2) | ||
Total | 0 | 17 (2.2) | 33 (8.3) | 50 (3.9) | ||
Immediate post-operative | Nerve deficits | Spinal nerve/Nerve root injury | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.5) | 2 (0.2) |
Sympathetic chain | 0 | 23 (2.9) | 12 (3.0) | 35 (2.7) | ||
Ileus | 4 (4.2) | 6 (0.8) | 2 (0.5) | 12 (0.9) | ||
Transient Lower limb weakness | Psoas weakness | 2 (2.1) | 27 (3.4) | 17 (4.3) | 46 (3.6) | |
Quadriceps weakness | 0 | 2 (0.3) | 0 | 2 (0.2) | ||
Lower Limb Numbness/pain | Numbness | 2 (2.1) | 36 (4.6) | 31 (7.8) | 69 (5.4) | |
Pain | 1 (1.1) | 10 (1.3) | 0 | 11 (0.9) | ||
Local Infection | 1 (1.1) | 5 (0.6) | 1 (0.3) | 7 (0.5) | ||
Total | 10 (10.5) | 109 (13.9) | 65 (16.4) | 184 (14.4) | ||
Late post-operative | Cage shifting/malpositioning/displacement | 0 | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.3) | 2 (0.2) | |
Screw malposition/breakage | 0 | 2 (0.3) | 0 | 2 (0.2) | ||
Adjacent Segment Degeneration | 0 | 18 (2.3) | 0 | 18 (1.4) | ||
Subsidence | 3 (3.16) | 31 (4.91) | 29 (7.3) | 63 (5.6) | ||
Pseudoarthrosis | 0 | 8 (1.02) | 0 | 8 (0.6) | ||
Total | 3 (3.16) | 60 (7.65) | 30 (7.6) | 93 (7.3) | ||
Total | Reoperations | 0 | 3 (0.38) | 0 | 3 (0.2) | |
Overall total complications | 13 (13.7) | 186 (23.7) | 128 (32.3) | 327 (25.6) |
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Tan, Q.R.; Wong, R.A.; Kaliya-Perumal, A.-K.; Oh, J.Y.-L. Complications Associated with Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Systematic Review. Surg. Tech. Dev. 2023, 12, 211-223. https://doi.org/10.3390/std12040020
Tan QR, Wong RA, Kaliya-Perumal A-K, Oh JY-L. Complications Associated with Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Systematic Review. Surgical Techniques Development. 2023; 12(4):211-223. https://doi.org/10.3390/std12040020
Chicago/Turabian StyleTan, Quan Rui, Russell Andrew Wong, Arun-Kumar Kaliya-Perumal, and Jacob Yoong-Leong Oh. 2023. "Complications Associated with Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Systematic Review" Surgical Techniques Development 12, no. 4: 211-223. https://doi.org/10.3390/std12040020