Complicaciones postquirúrgicas en pacientes sometidos a Discectomía en la columna vertebral en el hospital de la Policía Nacional en el periodo 2018 – 2021.

Abstract

All surgical intervention carries complications, and discectomy of the intervertebral disc is not exempt from it. According to a study carried out by Hernandez - Prinzo in 2005, on post-surgical complications in patients undergoing discectomy, it was found that there were complications in approximately 10% of patients. Methodology: To carry out the study, the observational, descriptive, cross-sectional and retrospective method was obtained. Where the clinical history of 178 patients diagnosed with disc herniation, who underwent surgery, was analyzed. Result: The most frequent complications were surgical site infection with 12 cases (6.7%), epidural abscess with 4 cases (2.2%), finally CSF fistula with 5 cases (2.8%). Conclusion: It is determined that the postoperative complications obtained in this investigative work were minimal, being the infection of the surgical wound the most frequent complication.