Symptomatic pneumorachis associated with incidental durotomy during microscopic lumbar disc surgery: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-167

  Rovlias, Aristedis ^a   Pavlakis, Emmanuel ^a,b   Kotsou, Serafim ^a  

^a Asclepeion Trauma Hospital   (Greece)

^b Petrotou 1 Argithea ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Accidental awakening; Cauda equina syndrome; Durotomy; Microdiscectomy; Tension pneumorachis

Indexed keywords

SEVOFLURANE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADICULOPATHY; SPINE SURGERY; VERTEBRAL CANAL; AIR; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; INJURY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; VACUUM; WAKEFULNESS;

AIR; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYRADICULOPATHY; VACUUM; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 33748577689     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.5.2.165     Document Type: Article

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