Cerebral infarction due to an embolism after cervical pedicle screw fixation

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Onishi, Eijiro ^a   Sekimoto, Yoshihiro ^a   Fukumitsu, Ryu ^a   Yamagata, Sen ^a   Matsushita, Mutsumi ^a  

^a KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Cervical pedicle screw; Embolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BONE WAX;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARM; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HEARING LOSS; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; LAMINOPLASTY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPONDYLOSIS; VASCULAR PATENCY; VERTEBRAL ARTERIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; VOMITING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; BONE SCREWS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EMBOLISM; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77749322214     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b8adce     Document Type: Article

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