The Perioperative Importance of Congenital Fibrinogen Deficiency in Spinal Surgery
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Kaner, Tuncay; Özer, Ali Fahir; Sasani, Mehdi; Öktenoğlu, Tunç; Alemdağ, Sebahattin

doi:10.29333/ejgm/82898

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“…Despite its commonness, there are no reported cases of intraspinal hemorrhage with permanent neurological deterioration due to a lumbar puncture in the absence of coagulopathy. Kaner et al [ 11 ] experienced a hardly controlled hemorrhage during spinal surgery. However, in their case, the patient had a congenital fibrinogen deficiency.…”

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Spinal Intradural Hematoma and Permanent Paraparesis after a Lumboperitoneal Shunt Operation: An Unusual Complication

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Pseudotumor cerebri is a condition of increased intracranial pressure in the absence of clinical, laboratory or radiological pathology. Spinal intradural hematoma formation after lumboperitoneal shunt (LPS) implantation is very rare, but it can cause sudden and serious deterioration. In this report, we present a patient who developed an intradural hematoma following LPS operation. A 27-year-old male patient suffering from headaches and progressive vision loss was diagnosed with pseudotumor cerebri. He underwent LPS operation in January 2009. Four hours after the operation, he developed urinary and fecal incontinence with paraparesis (1/5). Lumbar magnetic resonance imaging identified an intradural hematoma at the level of L2-L3, and he was reoperated. The intradural hematoma was removed. Physical therapy was started because of paraparesis. Two months later, the patient's muscle strength had increased to 3/5. Surgeons must remember that, LPS implantation can cause a spinal intradural hematoma in a small percentage of patients, with catastrophic results.

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