Approach-Related Complications of Transthoracic Spinal Reconstruction Procedures

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-6

  Börm, Wolfgang ^a   Hubner F ^a   Haffke, T ^b   Richter, H P ^a   Kast, E ^a,c   Rath, S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Deggendorf   (Germany)

^c Neurosurgical Department   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complications; Spinal instrumentation; Spinal stabilisation; Transthoracic approach

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NEURALGIA; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURALGIA; NEUROSURGERY; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19244376762     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-44889     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Andress HJ, Braun H, Helmberger T, Schurmann M, Hertlein H, Hartl WH. Long-term results after posterior fixation of thoraco-lumbar burst fractures. Injury 2002; 33: 357-365
2. Faciszewski T, Winter RB, Lonstein JE, Denis F, Johnson L. The surgical and medical perioperative complications of anterior spinal fusion surgery in the thoracic and lumbar spine in adults. A review of 1223 procedures. Spine 1995; 20: 1592-1599
3. Gotodaa Y, Kambaraa N, Sakaia T, Kishia Y, Kodamab K, Koyamac T. The morbidity, time course and predictive factors for persistent post-thoracotomy pain. European Journal of Pain 2001; 5: 89-96
4. Han PP, Kenny K, Dickman CA. Thoracoscopic approaches to the thoracic spine: experiences with 241 surgical procedures. Neurosurgery 2001; 51 (Suppl): 88-95
5. Hodgson AR, Stock FE. Anterior spinal fusions. A preliminary communication on the radical treatment of Pott's disease and Pott's paraplegia. Brit J Surg 1956; 456: 266-275
6. Ido K, Shimuzu K, Nakamura T. Management of cerebrospinal fluid leakage complicating anterior procedures through thoracotomy: report of three cases. Neurosurg Rev 2002; 25: 174-176
7. Khoo LT, Beisse R, Potulski M. Thoracoscopic-assisted treatment of thoracic and lumbar fractures: a series of 371 consecutive cases. Neurosurgery 2002; 51 (Suppl): 104-117
8. Knop C, Blauth M, Buhren V, Arand M, Egbers HJ, Hax PM, Nothwang J, Oestern HJ, Pizanis A, Roth R, Weckbach A, Wentzensen A. Surgical treatment of injuries of the thoracolumbar transition - 3: Follow-up examination. Results of a prospective multi-center study by the "Spina" Study Group of the German Society of Trauma Surgery. Unfallchirurg 2001; 104: 583-600
9. Kossmann T, Jacobi D, Trentz O. The use of a retractor system (SynFrame) for open, minimal invasive reconstruction of the anterior column of the thoracic and lumbar spine. Eur Spine J 2001; 10: 396-402
10. Lischke V, Westphal K, Behne M, Wilke HJ, Rosenthal D, Marquardt G, Kessler P. Thoracoscopic microsurgical technique for vertebral surgery - anesthetic considerations. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 1998; 42: 1199-1204
11. Mack MJ, Regan JJ, Bobechko WP, Acuff TE. Applications of thoracoscopy for diseases of the spine. Ann Thorac Surg 1993; 56: 736-738
12. Mack MJ, Regan JJ, McAfee PC, Picetti G, Ben-Yishay A, Acuff TE. Video-assisted thoracic surgery for the anterior approach to the thoracic spine. Ann Thorac Surg 1995; 59: 1100-1106
13. McDonnell MF, Glassman SD, Dimar JR 2nd, Puno RM, Johnson JR. Perioperative complications of anterior procedures on the spine. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 1996; 78: 839-847
14. Minatoya K, Karck M, Hagl C, Meyer A, Brassel F, Harringer W, Haverich A. The impact of spinal angiography on the neurological outcome after surgery on the descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aorta. Ann Thorac Surg 2002; 74: 1870-1872
15. Ohnishi T, Neo M, Matsushita M, Komeda M, Koyama T, Nakamura T. Delayed aortic rupture caused by an implanted anterior spinal device. J Neurosurg (Spine 2) 2001; 95: 253-256
16. Stromsoe K, Hem ES, Aunan E. Unstable vertebral fractures in the lower third of the spine treated with closed reduction and transpedicular posterior fixation: a retrospective analysis of 82 fractures in 78 patients. Eur Spine J 1997; 6: 239-244
17. Yoshor D, Gentry B, LeMaire S, Dickerson J, Saul J, Valadka AB, Robertson CS. Subarachnoid-pleural fistula treated with non-invasive positive-pressure ventilation. J Neurosurg (Spine 2) 2001; 94: 319-322