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Foraminotomía - Risks

Nombres alternativos

Agujeros de conjunción; Foraminotomía: cirugía de la columna

Riesgos:

Los riesgos de cualquier anestesia son:

Los riesgos de cualquier cirugía son:

  • Sangrado
  • Infección en la herida o los huesos de la columna
  • Daño a un nervio raquídeo, causando debilidad, dolor o pérdida de la sensibilidad
  • Dolor que se alivia parcialmente o que no se alivia después de la cirugía
  • Retorno del dolor de espalda en el futuro
  • Tromboflebitis
  • Reviewed last on: 12/20/2010
  • C. Benjamin Ma, MD, Assistant Professor, Chief, Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service, UCSF Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Curlee PM. Other disorders of the spine. In: Canale ST, Beatty JH, eds. Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics. 11th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2007:chap 41.

Park AL. Lower back pain and disorders intervertebral discs. In: Canale ST, Beatty JH, eds. Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics. 11th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2007:chap 39.

Weinstein JN, Tosteson TD, Lurie JD,et al. Surgical versusnonoperative treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis four-year results of the Spine

Patient Outcomes Research Trial. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Jun

15;35(14):1329-38.

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