RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Cerebellar herniation and infarction as a complication of an occult postoperative lumbar dural defect.
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1312
OP 1315
VO 16
IS 6
A1 R T Andrews
A1 T M Koci
YR 1995
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/16/6/1312.abstract
AB A patient who underwent lumbar spine surgery sustained an occult dural injury. After unrecognized suction drainage of cerebrospinal fluid through a surgical drain, caudal herniation of the cerebellum with superior cerebellar infarction developed. This mechanism should be considered in patients in whom acute mental status changes develop after spinal surgery.