Lumbar spinal stenosis surgery does not carry much risk. Nerve root damage, muscle function damage, and postoperative infection may occur, but because of the improvement and maturity of surgical techniques, the probability of risk is very small.
1. Nerve root injury: During lumbar spinal stenosis surgery, it is necessary to decompress the compressed nerve root, which may be pulled or squeezed during the decompression process, resulting in nerve root injury.
2. Muscle function damage: after lumbar spinal stenosis surgery, if you don’t carry out timely, correct and scientific rehabilitation exercises, or if you stay in bed for too short a period of time, it may cause muscle function damage.
3. Postoperative infection: lumbar spinal stenosis surgery may lead to incision infection, triggering central nervous system infection, which is a more serious complication.
Patients undergoing lumbar spinal stenosis surgery should actively cooperate with the doctor to carry out rehabilitation exercises and regular review after the surgery.