Value of Postoperative Serum Albumin to Predict Postoperative Complication Severity in Spinal Tuberculosis

Table 1

Details of the Clavien–Dindo classification of complications.

Grade	Definition
I	Any deviation from the normal postoperative course without the need for pharmacological treatment or surgical, endoscopic, and radiological interventions; allowed regimens are antiemetics, antipyretics, analgesics, diuretics, electrolytes, and physiotherapy; includes wound opened at the bedside
II	Requiring pharmacological treatment with drugs other than those allowed for grade I; includes blood transfusions and total parental nutrition
III	Requiring surgical, endoscopic, or radiological intervention
IIIa	Intervention not under general anesthesia
IIIb	Intervention under general anesthesia
IV	Life-threatening complication requiring intensive care unit management
IVa	Single organ dysfunction (including dialysis)
IVb	Multiorgan dysfunction
V	Death