title: Acute pericardial tamponade complicating spinal surgery in a child with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
abstract: A hitherto unrecognised problem of pericardial tamponade complicating spinal surgery in a child with Duchenne muscular dystrophy is reported in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Headington, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Watkin
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ostman-Smith
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Padgett
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Fairbank
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020388:Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne / Q000150:complications*; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013131:Spine / Q000601:surgery