PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ilica, A.T.
AU  - Kocaoglu, M.
AU  - Bulakbasi, N.
AU  - Kahraman, S.
TI  - Symptomatic Epidural Gas after Open Diskectomy: CT and MR Imaging Findings
DP  - 2006 May 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 998--999
VI  - 27
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/27/5/998.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/27/5/998.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2006 May 01; 27
AB  - SUMMARY: We report a case of symptomatic epidural gas accumulation after open diskectomy, causing lumbar radiculopathy. Surgery had been performed in a 44-year-old man for disk extrusion; however, he was readmitted to the hospital with increased lower back pain 5 months after the operation. CT and MR studies demonstrated accumulation of gas in the lumbar epidural space compressing the dural sac and nerve root. Symptoms disappeared after surgical removal of the gas.