Thoracic paraplegia due to missed thoracic compressive lesions after lumbar spinal decompression surgery: Report of three cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 71-74

  Takeuchi, Akihiko ^a   Miyamoto, Kei ^a   Hosoe, Hideo ^a   Shimizu, Katsuji ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complication; Decompressive surgery; Paraparesis; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPHYTE; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0346363400     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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