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01-07-2018 | Case Report

Intraoperative total spinal anesthesia as a complication of posterior percutaneous endoscopic cervical discectomy

Authors: Wenkai Wu, Zhengjian Yan

Published in: European Spine Journal | Special Issue 3/2018

Abstract

Purpose

Percutaneous endoscopic cervical discectomy (PECD) is an emerging surgical treatment for cervical disc herniation in recent years, but the complications of PECD are rarely reported. In this case report, we aimed to report two cases of total spinal anesthesia, an unusual complication of PECD.

Methods and Results

One patient became unconscious with unstable vital signs and another patient appeared with numbness of both arms and legs during PECD operation.

Conclusions

From these two cases, we concluded that the operation of anchoring during PECD should be cautious and standardized, intravenous anesthesia should be chosen to enhance intraoperative anesthesia to prevent intraoperative total spinal anesthesia.

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Title: Intraoperative total spinal anesthesia as a complication of posterior percutaneous endoscopic cervical discectomy
Authors: Wenkai Wu
Zhengjian Yan
Publication date: 01-07-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Spine Journal / Issue Special Issue 3/2018
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-017-5424-9

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Intraoperative total spinal anesthesia as a complication of posterior percutaneous endoscopic cervical discectomy

Abstract

Purpose

Methods and Results

Conclusions

At a glance: The STEP trials

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Abstract

Purpose

Methods and Results

Conclusions

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