Cauda equina compression by hydrogel dural sealant after a laminotomy and discectomy: Case report

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Mulder, Mike ^a,b   Crosier, J ^a   Dunn, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cauda equina compression; Complication; Dural sealant; DuraSeal; Hydrogel

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; SEALANT; DURA SEAL; DURA-SEAL; RESIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; VERTEBRAL CANAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE CEMENTS; CAUDA EQUINA; DISKECTOMY; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADICULOPATHY; REOPERATION; RESINS, SYNTHETIC; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64749110882     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31818d5427     Document Type: Article

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