From: Decompressive laminectomy with instrumented posterolateral fusion for degenerative lumbar disease in elderly, is it safe and beneficial?
Preoperative comorbidity
Number
%
Cardiac (mainly IHD)
5
14.3%
HTN
11
31.4%
Respiratory
0
0%
DM
Renal insufficiency
Hepatic disease
4
11.4%
On Antiplatelet
15
42.8%
Smoker
Hypothyroidism on treatment
2
5.7%