Fatal cerebral and cerebellar hemorrhagic infarction after thoracoscopic microdiscectomy: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 276-279

  Cornips, Erwin M J ^a   Staals, Julie ^a   Stavast, Angela ^a   Rijkers, Kim ^a   Van Oostenbrugge, Robert J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebellar infarction; Cerebral infarction; Cortical venous thrombosis; Intracranial hypotension; Thoracoscopic microdiscectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; PATH ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC CAVITY; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOSOPIC MICRODISCECTOMY; VEIN THROMBOSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; FATALITY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VERTEBRA;

BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DISKECTOMY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34047148863     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2007.6.3.276     Document Type: Article

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