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Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks may occur following spinal surgery and are commonly associated with infection. These leaks can be successfully evaluated with retrograde myeloscintigraphy using the same techniques applied in diagnosing CSF otorrhea and rhinorrhea. This report describes the utility of this procedure in differentiating a process due solely to postoperative infection from one that involves both an inflammatory site and a fistulous tract with the subarachnoid space.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAmong 400 observations by the authors, 2 per cent were admitted without and another 22 per cent with slight neurological disturbances. An incomplete transverse lesion of the cord with paraplegia was found in 61.7 per cent, a complete paralysis in 14.
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