title: 'Surgiceloma' manifested as cauda equina syndrome.
abstract: A 28-year-old man needed urgent decompression because of development of cauda equina syndrome 36 hours after an operation for disk degeneration and spinal stenosis. At reexploration, swollen blood-soaked Surgicel (a hemostatic agent) was found to be the only cause of compression. Six months after the operation, the patient was able to work full time.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goldschmidt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002483:Cellulose, Oxidized; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D002483:Cellulose, Oxidized; C013695:Surgicel