Pneumocephalus following Lumbar Spine Surgery: A Rare Cause of Delayed Emergence from Anesthesia

Lamsal, Ritesh; Mishra, Rajeeb Kumar; Kumar, Niraj

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1616038

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“…The PC can also be observed following a lumbar puncture or as a rare complication of spinal anesthesia [3,4]. The PC is due to two mechanisms: 'the inverted soda bottle mechanism' and ' the ball valve mechanism'.…”

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Symptomatic Compressive Pneumocephalus: Rare Complication of Posterior Spine Surgery

Joulali

Lakhdar

Benzagmout

et al. 2020

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Pneumocephalus is the presence of air intracranially, this pathology is mostly seen in traumatic injury, however it remained exceptional in posterior spine surgery. In this study, we report a clinical case of a 66 years old woman who was operated for lumber spinal stenosis with spondylolisthesis presented a drowsiness, CT scan showed a compressive pneumocephalus (mount fuji sign) and pneumorrachis. A conservative treatment has been set up. The evolution was marked by improving its state of consciousness, the patient was discharged on day 10 post operatively with a brain CT that showed regression of PC.

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