Epidural hematoma causing dense paralysis after anterior cervical corpectomy. A report of two cases.
Lee
Joon Y
JY
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and The Rothman Institute, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 925 Chestnut Avenue, 5th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
Schwartz
Daniel M
DM
Anderson
D Greg
DG
Hilibrand
Alan S
AS
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects; D017586:Diskectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D004576:Electromyography; D019054:Evoked Potentials, Motor / Q000502:physiology; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D046748:Hematoma, Epidural, Spinal / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000601:surgery; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000009:adverse effects; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000601:surgery