Is surgery for a lumbar fracture risky? Currently lumbar fractures are considered a relatively routine surgery in surgery, especially orthopedic surgery, and the main risk of surgery is infection, as there is a risk of infection in any surgery. The risk of lumbar fracture surgery is also injury, such as damage to the lumbar spine, spinal nerves or nerve roots, resulting in pain or numbness in one lower limb, or in severe cases, paraplegia. Because the bony structure of the lumbar spine is inside the spinal cord and nerve roots, which are very close to the spinal cord and nerve roots, although the current surgical technology and surgical techniques are very rich, there are still surgical risks because the lumbar spine and spinal cord are very close to each other in terms of anatomical location.