Frequency of medical complications: overall, by age group and location of resection
| Complication | Group; frequency; % (95% confidence interval) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Pediatric only | Adults only | Temporal | Extratemporal | |
| Minor medical complications | 5.1 (4.5–5.8) | 5.7 (4.1–8.0) | 4.3 (3.2–5.6) | 5.4 (4.6–6.3) | 6.1 (4.7–8.0) |
| Major medical complications | 1.5 (1.1–2.1) | 4.5 (2.5–8.1) | 1.7 (0.8–3.8) | 1.6 (1.1–2.4) | 1.1 (0.5–2.3) |
| Infection | 3.0 (2.6–3.6) | 3.9 (2.5–6.1) | 1.9 (1.3–2.7) | 3.3 (2.6–4.1) | 3.2 (2.2–4.7) |
| Aseptic meningitis | 3.6 (2.6–5.1) | 5.8 (3.8–8.8) | 3.4 (1.6–7.2) | 2.7 (1.6–4.3) | 2.9 (0.5–14.5) |
| Deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolus | 1.0 (0.6–1.6) | 1.9 (0.5–6.7) | 0.7 (0.3–1.6) | 0.7 (0.4–1.3) | 1.6 (0.9–3.1) |
| Intracranial hematoma | 2.5 (2.0–3.2) | 4.0 (2.5–6.3) | 2.0 (1.3–3.1) | 1.5 (1.0–2.3) | 3.1 (1.8–5.5) |
| Pneumonia | 0.7 (0.3–1.6) | 1.0 (0.2–5.6) | 1.5 (0.5–4.2) | 0.4 (0.1–1.5) | 1.9 (0.3–10.0) |
| Cerebrospinal fluid leak | 8.5 (6.5–11.0) | 14.3 (10.3–19.6) | 4.3 (1.5–11.9) | 5.8 (3.6–9.3) | 3.6 (1.4–9.0) |
| Hydrocephalus | 1.0 (0.6–1.8) | 2.4 (0.7–8.5) | 1.3 (0.4–3.6) | 1.4 (0.8–2.4) | 0.3 (0.1–1.6) |
Adapted with permission from Hader et al. (41)