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Incidence of thrombotic complications across cervical, lumbar, and thoracic regions.
Region PE DVT MI CA Stroke/CVA Total
ComplicationsCervical (n = 2384) 0.29
(n = 7)0.25
(n = 6)0.04
(n = 1)0.13
(n = 3)0.04
(n = 1)0.76
( n = 18)Thoracic (n = 249) 2.01
(n = 5)1.20
(n = 3)0.40
(n = 1)0.00
(n = 0)0.00
(n = 0)3.61
( n = 9)Lumbar (n = 4527) 0.38
(n = 17)0.49
(n = 22)0.15
(n = 7)0.09
(n = 4)0.13
(n = 6)1.24
( n = 56)Total ( N = 7160) 0.41
( n = 29)0.43
( n = 31)0.13
( n = 9)0.10
( n = 7)0.10
( n = 7)1.16
( n = 83)Abbreviations: CA, cardiac arrest; CVA, cerebrovascular accident; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; MI, myocardial infarction; PE, pulmonary embolism.
Note: These 83 complications were experienced across 66 patients.