ISCHEMIC LESIONS IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF T HE VERTEBRAL ARTERIES AFTERLUMBAR DISC SURGERY

Authors
LANGMAYR JJ BUCHBERGER W BIRBAMMER G
Citation
Jj. Langmayr et al., ISCHEMIC LESIONS IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF T HE VERTEBRAL ARTERIES AFTERLUMBAR DISC SURGERY, Neurochirurgia, 36(5), 1993, pp. 164-166
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Neurosciences
Journal title
Neurochirurgia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283819
Volume
36
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
164 - 166
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3819(1993)36:5<164:ILITDO>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We report on the case of a 61-year old man who developed a reversible Brown-Sequard syndrome immediately after an uncomplicated lumbar disce ctomy. Magnetic resonance imaging showed ischaemic lesions in the uppe r cervical medulla, the caudal part of the medulla oblongata, and in t he cerebellum. Vertebral artery compression due to spondylosis and hyp erflexion of the cervical spine during operation is discussed as a pos sible pathogenetic mechanism.