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Cerebrospinal fluid pseudocyst after anterior stabilization for cervical spine injury treated by ventricular
1Clinic of Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Surgical Neurology
|March 1, 1996
Abstract:
The author describes postsurgical formation of a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pseudocyst after anterior decompression and stabilization for cervical spine injury. The CSF pseudocyst was caused by extensive lacerations to the spinal dura mater. A further contributory factor was a circulation blockage of CSF in the spinal canal, brought about by edema of the contused spinal cord. Ventricular drainage caused rapid collapse of the pseudocyst and its subsequent healing.