Spinal surgeryConfusionDural tearCerebrospinal fluid leakAfter lumbar spinal surgery, symptomatic pneumocephalus is extremely rare, and is usually associated with a dural tear. We report a case of symptomatic compressive pneumocephalus following a degenerative lumbar spine surgery (decompression and pedicle ...
Introduction: Lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage is one of the most frequent used modalities for spinal cord protection during thoraco-abdominal aortic surgery. We present a rare case of persistent CSF leak after removal of the lumbar spinal drain. Case Report A 28 year-old femal...
to place the blood patch at 2 separate sites, first at the thoracolumbar junction and then in the lower lumbar area, after which the patient is placed in the Trendelenburg position, either supine, prone, and/or lateral for 30 to 60 minutes, depending on the location of the CSF leak. This...
Retroperitoneal lymphocele is a rare complication after anterior lumbar interbody fusion. The different diagnosis should include infectious abscess, ureteral injury with urinoma, pancreatic injury with pseudocyst formation, and spinal fluid leak with pseudomeningocele. Diagnosis can be guided by serum and...
Background: Postoperative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage is a major clinical problem, and prevention of CSF leakage at the surgical site is an important issue. The goal of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of intraoperative lumbar subarachnoid drainage (LSAD) for prevention of CSF leakage...
Prolonged lumbar spinal drainage after the resection of tumors of the skull base: a cautionary note. Snow RB, Kuhel W, Martin SB (1991) Prolonged lumbar spinal drainage after the resection of tumors of the skull base: a cautionary note. Neurosurgery ......
- 《Surgery for Cerebral Stroke》 被引量: 0发表: 2021年 加载更多来源期刊 Journal of Neurosurgery 研究点推荐 Spontaneous spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak Spontaneous spinal CSF leaks pontaneous spinal CSF leak unruptured intracranial aneurysm spontaneous spinal CSF leak intraoperative lumbar CSF drainage ...
So where is the lumbar fusion in all of this. I had both of my fusions for the same two reasons each time. I was in excruciating blinding pain, and the degeneration in my spine was endangering the function of my legs and feet. After each surgery many of the symptoms of loss of func...
mainly on reoperations after surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis and the factors predisposing to redo operations. In addition, we evaluated the effect of prior instrumentation on developing adjacent level pathology in a cohort of 335 consecutive patients operated by a single surgeon....
ASEPTIC MENINGITIS FOLLOWING DIAGNOSTIC LUMBAR PUNCTURE The examination of the spinal fluid has become almost as routine a procedure in the diagnosis of neuropsychiatric problems as that of the blood in internal medicine. When the great amount of valuable information made available to the dia... KE...