title: [Imaging of the postsurgical spine].
abstract: Some early complications (hematoma, spondylodiscitis, pseudomeningocele) can occur with all types of surgery while late complications vary with the type of surgery. After discectomy, postsurgical changes (osseous and ligamentous defects, scar tissue, granulation tissue) should be distinguished from postsurgical complications or recurrent disease (recurrent disc herniation, arachnoiditis, spondylodiscitis). Following spinal decompression and fusion procedures, standard radiographs and CT can confirm the adequate position of the fusion devices, the presence of fusion, and the development of late osseous complications: pseudarthrosis, instability and recurrent stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Saint Antoine, 184 rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine, 75012 Paris, France. anne.miquel@sat.aphp.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miquel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Court
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pradel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bienvenot
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jomaah
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Menu
mesh_terms: D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017586:Diskectomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000293:injuries; D007084:Iliac Vein / Q000293:injuries; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007796:Laminectomy; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed