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Delayed postoperative epidural hematoma formation after heparinization in lumbar spinal surgery
1St. Vincent Hospitals and Health Services, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Journal of Spinal Disorders
|March 10, 2000
Abstract:
Treatment of thromboembolic disease in the postoperative lumbar spine patient is controversial. This case report describes an epidural hematoma with neurologic sequelae in an elderly patient who received intravenous heparin therapy over 2 weeks after lumbar decompression. Implications for treatment of thromboembolic disease in the postoperative lumbar spine is reviewed.