Hemothorax as a complication after anterior cervical discectomy: case report.
| Autor: | Harhangi BS; Department of Neurosurgery, Westeinde Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands. b.s.harhangi@erasmusmc.nl, Menovsky T, Wurzer HA |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Neurosurgery [Neurosurgery] 2005 Apr; Vol. 56 (4), pp. E871; discussion E871. |
| DOI: | 10.1227/01.neu.0000156489.12893.92 |
| Abstrakt: | Objective and Importance: Anterior cervical discectomy is one of the most frequently performed surgical procedures of the cervical spine. Clinical Presentation: We describe a patient with a postoperative hemothorax as a complication after an anterior cervical discectomy. Intervention: The patient was intubated, and reoperation and bronchoscopy were performed. Conclusion: To the best of our knowledge, such a complication has not been described before in the English-language literature. We conclude that hemothorax is a rare, although serious, complication after anterior cervical discectomy and should be included in the differential diagnosis for patients with respiratory failure after an anterior cervical discectomy. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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