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Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2015.028
Case Report
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Symptomatic Pneumocephalus after Lumbar Disc Surgery:
a Case Report
Zahir Kizilay1, Ali Yilmaz1, Ozgur
Ismailoglu2
1Adnan Menderes University, Medical Faculty, Neurosurgery, Aytepe
Campus, Aydin 09100, Turkey; 2Süleyman Demirel University,
Neurosurgery, 32260 Isparta, Turkey
Symptomatic pneumocephalus is frequently seen after traumatic fracture of
the skull base bone. However, it has rarely been reported after spinal
surgery and its mechanism has not been fully explained. In this paper, we
present a 30 year old male patient who had lumbar discectomy due to a
symptomatic midline lumbar disc herniation. He had developed symptomatic
pneumocephalus after the lumbar disc surgery associated with application of
a vacuum suction device. We present and discuss our patient in the light of
the literatures.
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Citation: Kizilay Z, Yilmaz A, Ismailoglu O.
Symptomatic Pneumocephalus after Lumbar Disc Surgery: a Case Report. OA
Maced J Med Sci. http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2015.028
Key words: Lumbar disc surgery; Dura tear; Cerebrospinal fluid
leakage; Vaccum suction device; Pneumocephalus.
*Correspondence: Dr. Zahir Kizilay. Adnan Menderes University,
Medical Faculty, Neurosurgery, Aytepe Campus, Aydin 09100, Turkey. E-Mail:
zahirkizilay@hotmail.com
Received: 20-Jan-2015; Revised: 09-Feb-2015; Accepted: 10-Feb-2015; Online
first: 16-Feb-2015
Copyright: © 2015 Zahir Kizilay, Ali Yilmaz, Ozgur Ismailoglu. This
is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative
Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution,
and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are
credited.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing
interests exist.
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