Spinal Surgery and Neurocritical Care

• Main Authors: Maresa, Santi, Samuel Tsan, Ern Hung, Argyro, Zoumprouli
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2024
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45528/2/978-981-99-8059-8_48; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45528/; https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-8059-8_48; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-8059-8_48
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Spinal surgery is associated with a high rate of systemic complications. Systematic reviews have found that the overall rate of early complications from spinal surgery ranged from 5.2% to 16.4% [1, 2]. The rates of early systemic complications differed based on the type of surgery and the surgical a...