Massive venous air embolism in the semi-sitting position during surgery for a cervical spinal cord tumor: anatomic and surgical pitfalls

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 972-975

  Basaldella, Luca ^a   Ortolani, Valentina ^a   Corbanese, Ulisse ^b   Sorbara, Carlo ^a   Longatti, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS E Medea Scientific Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ependymoma; Neurosurgery; Spinal cord tumors; Vae; Venous air embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DYSESTHESIA; EPENDYMOMA; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VEIN EMBOLISM;

EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTURE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; VENAE CAVAE;

EID: 67349088729     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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