The degree of invasiveness has no influence on the rate of incidental durotomies in surgery for lumbar spinal canal stenosis: data from the German spine registry.

Background: Risk factors for incidental durotomies are good documented by some authors who consider the degree of invasiveness as a direct risk factor on this serious complication. We compared the rate of incidental durotomies and its dependence from the degree of invasiveness.

Methods: The German Spine Registry could document 6016 surgeries for lumbar spinal canal stenosis, N.

Incidence of early postoperative complications requiring surgical revision for recurrent lumbar disc herniation after spinal surgery: a retrospective observational study of 9,310 patients from the German Spine Register.

Background: The recurrence rate in lumbar disc herniations (LDH) has been reported between 5 and 25%. There are only few data about this phenomenon that occurs within days of the initial operation. We analyse early recurrent LDH by analysis of data from the German Spine register.