- 著者
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             Mitsuru Yagi
             
             Nobuyuki Fujita
             
             Tomohiko Hasegawa
             
             Gen Inoue
             
             Yoshihisa Kotani
             
             Seiji Ohtori
             
             Sumihisa Orita
             
             Yasushi Oshima
             
             Daisuke Sakai
             
             Toshinori Sakai
             
             Hiroshi Taneichi
             
             Daisuke Togawa
             
             Kazuo Nakanishi
             
             Hiroaki Nakashima
             
             Toshitaka Yoshii
             
             Masaya Nakamura
             
             Motoki Iwasaki
             
             Masahiko Watanabe
             
             Hirotaka Haro
             
             Tokumi Kanemura
             
             Naobumi Hosogane
             
             New Technology Assessment Committee of The Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research
             
          
- 出版者
- The Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research
- 雑誌
- Spine Surgery and Related Research (ISSN:2432261X)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- pp.2022-0194,  (Released:2022-12-12)
- 被引用文献数
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        IntroductionLateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) has been introduced in Japan in 2013. Despite the effectiveness of this procedure, several considerable complications have been reported. This study reported the results of a nationwide survey performed by the Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research (JSSR) on the complications associated with LLIF performed in Japan.MethodsJSSR members conducted a web-based survey following LLIF between 2015 and 2020. Any complications meeting the following criteria were included: (1) major vessel, (2) urinary tract, (3) renal, (4) visceral organ, (5) lung, (6) vertebral, (7) nerve, and (8) anterior longitudinal ligament injury; (9) weakness of psoas; (10) motor and (11) sensory deficit; (12) surgical site infection; and (13) other complications. The complications were analyzed in all LLIF patients, and the differences in incidence and type of complications between the transpsoas (TP) and prepsoas (PP) approaches were compared.ResultsAmong the 13,245 LLIF patients (TP 6,198 patients [47%] and PP 7,047 patients [53%]), 389 complications occurred in 366 (2.76%) patients. The most common complication was sensory deficit (0.5%), followed by motor deficit (0.43%) and weakness of psoas muscle (0.22%). Among the patient cohort, 100 patients (0.74%) required revision surgery during the survey period. Almost half of the complications developed in patients with spinal deformity (183 patients [47.0%]). Four patients (0.03%) died from complications. Statistically more frequent complications occurred in the TP approach than in the PP approach (TP vs. PP, 220 patients [3.55%] vs. 169 patients [2.40%]; p < 0.001).ConclusionsThe overall complication rate was 2.76%, and 0.74% of the patients required revision surgery because of complications. Four patients died from complications. LLIF may be beneficial for degenerative lumbar conditions with acceptable complications; however, the indication for spinal deformity should be carefully determined by the experience of the surgeon and the extent of the deformity.