Bilateral subdural haematomata and lumbar pseudomeningocele due to a chronic leakage of liquor cerebrospinalis after a lumbar discectomy with the application of ADCON-L gel

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1031-1033

  Kuhn, Jens ^a   Hofmann, B ^a   Knitelius, H O ^a   Coenen, H H ^b   Bewermeyer, H ^a  

^a KRANKENHAUS MERHEIM   (Germany)

^b Department of Orthopedy ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL MIGRATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DURA MATER; FIBROBLAST; GEL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; KELOID; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR PSEUDOMENINGOCELE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MENINGOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ROOT; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; WOUND HEALING;

ADHESIONS; BRAIN; DISKECTOMY; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DURA MATER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GELS; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOCELE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUBDURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 21344453023     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.046276     Document Type: Article

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