Immediate Remote Cerebellar Hemorrhage and Seizure Following Revision Lumbosacral Fusion

Cerebellar hemorrhage (CH) is a rare but devastating complication following spine surgery. It is associated with a compromise to dura integrity and typically has a delayed post-operative onset. Here, we describe a patient who suffered a CH that presented with a generalized tonic-clonic (GTC) seizure...

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Autores principales: Chan, Alvin Y, Mullin, Jeffrey P, Benzel, Edward, Bingaman, William
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
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Neurosurgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5493455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28680780
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1292
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Benzel, Edward
Bingaman, William
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description Cerebellar hemorrhage (CH) is a rare but devastating complication following spine surgery. It is associated with a compromise to dura integrity and typically has a delayed post-operative onset. Here, we describe a patient who suffered a CH that presented with a generalized tonic-clonic (GTC) seizure immediately after a revision lumbar fusion. The patient did not regain consciousness from anesthesia prior to the hemorrhage. There are no reports indicating that CHs can occur abruptly following a spine surgery. This case outlines the importance of remaining vigilant for signs of CH immediately after surgery.
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spelling pubmed-54934552017-07-05 Immediate Remote Cerebellar Hemorrhage and Seizure Following Revision Lumbosacral Fusion Chan, Alvin Y Mullin, Jeffrey P Benzel, Edward Bingaman, William Cureus Neurosurgery Cerebellar hemorrhage (CH) is a rare but devastating complication following spine surgery. It is associated with a compromise to dura integrity and typically has a delayed post-operative onset. Here, we describe a patient who suffered a CH that presented with a generalized tonic-clonic (GTC) seizure immediately after a revision lumbar fusion. The patient did not regain consciousness from anesthesia prior to the hemorrhage. There are no reports indicating that CHs can occur abruptly following a spine surgery. This case outlines the importance of remaining vigilant for signs of CH immediately after surgery. Cureus 2017-05-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5493455/ /pubmed/28680780 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1292 Text en Copyright © 2017, Chan et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Immediate Remote Cerebellar Hemorrhage and Seizure Following Revision Lumbosacral Fusion
title Immediate Remote Cerebellar Hemorrhage and Seizure Following Revision Lumbosacral Fusion
title_full Immediate Remote Cerebellar Hemorrhage and Seizure Following Revision Lumbosacral Fusion
title_fullStr Immediate Remote Cerebellar Hemorrhage and Seizure Following Revision Lumbosacral Fusion
title_full_unstemmed Immediate Remote Cerebellar Hemorrhage and Seizure Following Revision Lumbosacral Fusion
title_short Immediate Remote Cerebellar Hemorrhage and Seizure Following Revision Lumbosacral Fusion
title_sort immediate remote cerebellar hemorrhage and seizure following revision lumbosacral fusion
topic Neurosurgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5493455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28680780
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1292
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