Symptomatic Pneumocephalus after Lumbar Disc Surgery: a Case Report

Symptomatic pneumocephalus is frequently seen after traumatic fracture of the skull base bone. However, it has rarely been reported after spinal surgery and its mechanism has not been fully explained. In this paper, we present a 30 year old male patient who had lumbar discectomy due to a symptomatic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kizilay, Zahir, Yilmaz, Ali, Ismailoglu, Ozgur
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Institute of Immunobiology and Human Genetics 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4877774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27275212
http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2015.028
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Sumario:Symptomatic pneumocephalus is frequently seen after traumatic fracture of the skull base bone. However, it has rarely been reported after spinal surgery and its mechanism has not been fully explained. In this paper, we present a 30 year old male patient who had lumbar discectomy due to a symptomatic midline lumbar disc herniation. He had developed symptomatic pneumocephalus after the lumbar disc surgery associated with application of a vacuum suction device. We present and discuss our patient in the light of the literatures.

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