Publications by authors named "Tatsuomi Niimura"
Some cases with lumbar degenerative diseases require multi-level fusion surgeries. At our institute, 27 and 4 procedures of 3- and 4-level fusion were performed out of a total 672 posterior lumbar interfusions (PLIFs) on patients with lumbar degenerative disease from 2005 to 2010. We present 2 osteoporotic patients who developed proximal vertebral body fracture after 4-level fusion.
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- A 69-year-old woman experienced multiple intracranial hemorrhages following cervical laminoplasty for spinal condition, despite no intraoperative fluid leakage.
- A wound drainage tube was placed, resulting in a significant amount of fluid drainage in the first 12 hours after surgery, and she showed no immediate symptoms like headache or nausea.
- Subsequent imaging revealed several types of hemorrhages, but medical treatment resulted in recovery with only mild right hemianopsia as a neurological deficit, suggesting the importance of careful monitoring of drainage to prevent complications.