Postoperative cervical cord compression induced by hydrogel (DuraSeal): A possible complication

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Thavarajah, Dushan ^a   De Lacy, Patricia ^a   Hussain, Rahim ^a   Redfern, Robert M ^a  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CSF leak; DuraSeal; Hydrogel; Spinal surgery

Indexed keywords

OXIDIZED REGENERATED CELLULOSE; SEALANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SUTURING METHOD;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76149120841     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b9fc45     Document Type: Article

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