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Percutaneous endoscopic drainage for acute long segment epidural abscess following endoscopic lumbar discectomy: A case report

open access: yesFrontiers in Surgery, 2022
IntroductionAcute epidural abscess after percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy is a rare but grievous complication. When faced with a long-segment epidural abscess, open surgery has traditionally been performed which can lead to huge surgical trauma ...
Tao Li   +7 more
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Anterior transcorporeal full-endoscopic drainage of a long-span ventral cervical epidural abscess: A novel surgical technique

open access: yesNorth American Spine Society Journal, 2021
Background: A long-span ventral cervical epidural abscess is a rare and devastating condition. Typically, extensive procedures are chosen to deal with this condition and usually end up with limited cervical motion.
Vit Kotheeranurak   +5 more
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Full Endoscopic Removal of Cervical Spinal Epidural Abscess: Case Report and Technical Note [PDF]

open access: yesNeurospine, 2020
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.
Kai-Sheng Chang   +4 more
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Single-stage decompression of C1–D9 anterior epidural abscess by a gas-producing enteric pathogen

open access: yesIndian Spine Journal, 2021
Multilevel pyogenic spinal epidural abscess is a rare presentation, and there are only a few documented cases. This is a case report of a cervicothoracic epidural abscess (C1–D9) presenting with sepsis and neurological impairment due to a gas-producing ...
Vetri Nallathambi, M Atharsh Chander
doaj   +1 more source

Minimally Invasive Irrigation for Lumbar Spinal Epidural Abscess using a Trans-Sacral Epiduroscopic Laser Decompression Catheter [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Technique, 2018
We describe a case of a spinal epidural abscess that was successfully treated with minimally invasive irrigation using trans-sacral epiduroscopic laser decompression (SELD) catheter. A 66-year-old man experienced aggravating right leg pain and lower back
Jong-Hwan Hong   +3 more
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Case report: Diagnosis and treatment of delayed epidural pyogenic abscess after brain tumor operation: a report of 5 cases and review of the literature

open access: yesFrontiers in Surgery, 2023
ObjectiveTo explore the clinical manifestations and treatment of delayed epidural pyogenic abscess after brain tumor surgery.MethodTo retrospectively analyze the medical records of 5 patients with delayed epidural pyogenic abscess after brain tumor ...
HePing Shen   +4 more
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Cervical spine epidural abscess caused by brucellosis: A case report and literature review

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, 2022
We report a rare case of epidural abscess at the cervical 5‐cervical 6 (C5–C6) levels. The patient underwent surgery with complete abscess removal through C6 vertebral body corpectomy.
Misagh Shafizad   +3 more
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First case of cervical epidural abscess caused by brucellosis in Saudi Arabia: A case report and literature review

open access: yesIDCases, 2018
Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is an extremely rare and disastrous musculoskeletal complication of spondylodiscitis and sacroilitis secondary to brucellosis infection.
Meshal Alyousef, Rabia Aldoghaither
doaj   +1 more source

A rare case as different cause of retropharyngeal and spinal epidural abscess: spondylodiscitis

open access: yesThe Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology, 2021
Background Retropharyngeal abscess (RPA) is a life-threatening, dangerous condition and uncommon in adults. The coexistence of RPA, cervical spinal epidural abscess (CSEA), and spondylodiscitis is extremely rare.
Nurlan İsayev   +5 more
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Epidural abscess formation after chemotherapy for breast cancer: a case report and literature review. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Surg
IntroductionSpinal epidural abscess is a rare infectious lesion of the central nervous system. Here, we report a rare case of a thoracic suppurative epidural abscess in a female patient who developed incomplete paralysis of both lower limbs after ...
An Y, Li L, Liu Q, Zhang Z, Lin X.
europepmc   +2 more sources

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