Herpes myelitis after thoracic spine surgery

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 519-523

  Anderson, Mark Daniel ^a   Tummala, Sudhakar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Herpes zoster; Infection; Myelitis; Oncology; Spine

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; DEXAMETHASONE; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DERMATOME; DISEASE COURSE; DISSECTION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ECHOGRAPHY; EPENDYMOMA; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX MYELITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; LAMINECTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; REVIEW; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC SPINE; THOUGHT DISORDER; VESICULAR RASH;

AGED; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877769036     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.1.SPINE12960     Document Type: Review

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