Table 6 Postoperative adverse events

Bone fragment near upper sacral screw causing pain

1

0

Buttock hematoma

0

2

Cellulitis

1

3

Deep venous thrombosis

1

0

Facet pain

0

4

Fall

2

4

Hip pain requiring spinal cord stimulator

1

0

Iliotibial band pain

2

0

Leg pain

3

0

Lipoma in wound scar requiring surgical removal

1

0

Low back pain

0

1

Painful heterotopic ossification

2

0

Piriformis syndrome

0

2

Pneumothorax

1

0

Postoperative neuropathy

4

0

Pulmonary embolism

2

0

Scar pain requiring block

1

0

Screw loosening

1

0

Screw replacement misplacement

1

0

Strained buttock muscle

0

1

Trochanteric bursitis

4

2

Wound dehiscence

1

0

Wound infection

3

1

Wound seroma

2

0

Total

34

20