complications seen were wound dehiscence, wound infection, tendon injury, and neurovascular injury. Serious postoperative complications, defined as requiring re-admittance to a hospital within 90 days, was relatively rare, at 0.1% over approximately 850,000 surgeries.

Endoscopic sciatic nerve decompression has similarly low rates of complication. Two studies with a combined 95 patients found no complications. A systematic review also found a 0% major complication rate and a 1% minor complication