Venous air embolism: An unusual complication of atlantoaxial arthrodesis: Case report

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Dumont, Travis M ^a   Stockwell, David W ^a   Horgan, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

atlantoaxial arthrodesis; venous air embolism; venous anatomy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; DISSECTION; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCISION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; JOINT CAPSULE; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RESUSCITATION; SUPINE POSITION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN EMBOLISM;

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; PRONE POSITION; SUPINE POSITION; VEINS;

EID: 78149283680     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181f62600     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Harms J, Melcher RP. Posterior C1-C2 fusion with polyaxial screw and rod fixation. Spine 2001;26:2467-71.
2. Gunnarsson T, Massicotte EM, Govender PV, et al. The use of C1 lateral mass screws in complex cervical spine surgery: indications, techniques, and outcome in a prospective consecutive series of 25 cases. J Spinal Disord Tech 2007;20:308-16.
3. Hong JT, Lee SW, Son BC, et al. Hypoglossal nerve palsy after posterior screw placement on the C-1 lateral mass. Case report. J Neurosurg Spine 2006;5:83-5.
4. Currier BL, Yaszemski MJ. The use of C1 lateral mass fixation in the cervical spine. Curr Opin Orthop 2004;15:184-91.
5. Losasso TJ, Black S, Muzzi DA, et al. Fifty percent nitrous oxide does not increase the risk of venous air embolism in neurosurgical patients operated in the sitting position. Anesthesiology 1992;77:21-30.
6. Matjasko J, Petrozza P, Cohen M, et al. Anesthesia and surgery in the seated position: analysis of 554 cases. Neurosurgery 1985;17:695-702.
7. Albin MS, Ritter RR, Pruett CE, et al. Venous air embolism during lumbar laminectomy in the prone position: report of three cases. Anesth Analg 1991; 73:346-9.
8. Saunders JE. Pulmonary air embolism. J Clin Monit 2000;16:375-83.
9. Jadik S, Wissing H, Friedrich K, et al. A standardized protocol for the prevention of clinically relevant venous air embolism during neurosurgical interventions in the semisitting position. Neurosurgery 2009;64:533-9.
10. Chaynes P, Verdie JC, Moscovici J, et al. Microsurgical anatomy of the internal vertebral venous plexuses. Surg Radiol Anat 1998;20:47-51.
11. Groen RJ, Groenewegen HJ, van Alphen HA, et al. Morphology of the human internal vertebral venous plexus: a cadaver study after intravenous Araldite CY 221 injection. Anat Rec 1997;249:285-94.
12. Tobinick E, Vega CP. The cerebrospinal venous system: anatomy, physiology, and clinical implications. Medscape Gen Med 2006;8:53-70.