Table 2

Case series reports from 1961 to 2019 with vascular injury rate during anterior lumbar interbody fusion procedures.

ReferenceYear n Arterial Injury,
n (%)
Venous Injury,
n (%)
Diaz et al201933707 (2.1)
Quraishi et al20133045 (1.6)19 (6.2)
Fantini et al20073451 (0.3)9 (2.6)
Gumbs et al20056402 (3.1)
Brau et al200413156 (0.5)19 (1.4)
Kulkarni et al20033368 (2.4)NA
Fritzell et al20037202 (3.7)
Holt et al200345007 (1.6)
Kaiser et al20029803 (3.1)
Oskouian et al20022072 (0.9)7 (3.4)
Kuslich et al2000591010 (1.7)
Faciszewski et al199512231 (0.1)3 (0.3)
Baker et al1993102016 (15.7)
Kostuik et al19837902 (2.5)
Raugstad et al19824702 (4.3)
Harmon et al196125007 (2.8)