[Neurologic complications of surgery of the spine in adults].
Spine surgery exposes to neurological complications. There were 170 immediate complications of spine surgery at Pitiè-Salpétrière Hospital out of 2,855 reviewed (5.95%) during 9 years. The nature of the complication (radicular or medullar), severity and evolution were quite different but less than 2.76% where permanent. Among them, 1.43% were major neurological complications. The "high risk" etiologies were cervical stenosis and primitive malignant tumors. The major cause for these complications was due to surgical procedure in 60% of the cases.
Benazet
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Hôpital de la Pitié, Service de chirurgie orthopédique et traumatologique, Paris.
Thoreux
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Saillant
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Roy-Camille
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D011128:Polyradiculopathy / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000601:surgery
Complications neurologiques de la chirurgie du rachis de l'adulte.