RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Symptomatic Epidural Gas after Open Diskectomy: CT and MR Imaging Findings
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 998
OP 999
VO 27
IS 5
A1 Ilica, A.T.
A1 Kocaoglu, M.
A1 Bulakbasi, N.
A1 Kahraman, S.
YR 2006
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/27/5/998.abstract
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.