title: Thoracic herniation after lumbar spine fusion.
abstract: We report on a 65-year-old male patient with rapid onset of incomplete paraparesis, based on a massive thoracic herniation following adjacent instability of the thoracolumbar spine after lumbar fusions with transpedicular instrumentation.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Orthopädie und Rheumatologie der Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany. boudriot@post.med.uni-marburg.de
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Boudriot
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmitt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000601:surgery; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D020335:Paraparesis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000601:surgery; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery