Oxidised regenerated cellulose as a cause of paraplegia after thoracotomy: case report and review of the literature.
METHODS
Case report.


OBJECTIVE
To report an unusual case of paraplegia.


METHODS
University Hospital Bursa, Turkey.


METHODS
A 22-year-old woman presented with paraplegia following a left-sided thoracotomy. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a dorsal epidural mass at the level of T6. The patient underwent an emergency T6/7 laminectomy and removal of a tuft of oxidised regenerated cellulose, which had migrated through the intervertebral foramen causing spinal cord compression.


CONCLUSIONS
In cases of neurological deficits after surgery at the posterolateral edge of a thoracotomy, the clinician should be aware of the above possibility. Urgent radiological diagnosis and decompressive laminectomy is the treatment of choice.
Dogan
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Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey.
Kocaeli
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Doygun
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D000293:Adolescent; D002483:Cellulose, Oxidized / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006490:Hemostatics / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D009779:Occlusive Dressings / Q000009:adverse effects; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000601:surgery*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000009:adverse effects
D002483:Cellulose, Oxidized; D006490:Hemostatics; C013695:Surgicel