Full Endoscopic Removal of Cervical Spinal Epidural Abscess : Case Report and Technical Note

Spinal epidural abscess is a rare disease that is less likely to occur in the cervical region. When it occurs here, cervical spondylodiscitis can develop. Surgical treatment is recommended because of possible life-threatening septic and neurological complications. We present a case of an 81-year-old man who suffered from right side paralysis and was subsequently diagnosed with a C4 to C7 epidural abscess. We utilized full endoscopic surgery for patient management. The traditional surgical methods for treating cervical epidural abscesses may cause spinal instability. There has only been one previous case report on the endoscopic-assisted method. Minimal invasive surgery by a full endoscopic method can be done with a small incision and is associated with minimal blood loss and muscle damage. This is the first report on cervical epidural abscess drainage utilization a full endoscopic method. We recommend this alternative minimally invasive method to manage cervical epidural abscess.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

Neurospine - 17(2020), Suppl 1 vom: 18. Juli, Seite S160-S165

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chang, Kai-Sheng [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Li-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Chun-Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Shang-Wen [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Chien-Min [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cervical spondylodiscitis
Endoscopic surgery
Journal Article
Spinal epidural abscess

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Date Revised 28.09.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.14245/ns.2040218.109

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM313218528