| Postoperative bilateral vertebral artery dissection: a case report. | |
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PMID: 15275026 Owner: NLM Status: PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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With the improvement of medical imaging and surgical techniques, surgery on cervical vertebral is more frequent. Some cases of complications of this type of surgery have been described. We report a case of postoperative bilateral vertebral artery dissection. It concerns a 58 year-old woman who suffered from a left cervico-brachial C6 neuralgia with paresthesiae of the thumb. She underwent discectomy at C5-C6 and C6-C7 followed by setting up intersomatic cages. In subsequent days, an irreversible coma developed. Supra-aortic echographic study revealed bilateral vertebral artery thrombosis. CT scan revealed ischemic lesions of the brain stem and cerebellum. Cerebral death was declared five days after the operation. Autopsy was performed to determine whether death was the consequence of the intervention. The cause of death was determined to be ischemic brain injury of the brain stem and cerebellum resulting from bilateral traumatic occlusion of the vertebral arteries caused by the surgery. |
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C Manaouil; M Graser; J Delcour; D Le Gars; M F Gontier; J Loriau; O Jardé |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Journal of clinical forensic medicine Volume: 10 ISSN: 1353-1131 ISO Abbreviation: J Clin Forensic Med Publication Date: 2003 Jun |
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Created Date: 2004-07-27 Completed Date: 2005-02-10 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9434927 Medline TA: J Clin Forensic Med Country: Scotland |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 81-4 Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Forensic Medicine, CHU Amiens, France. |
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