Perioperative stroke following anterior cervical discectomy

Sonia Bansal, G Srihari, S. Sampath, G. S. Umamaheswara Rao

British Journal of Neurosurgery · 2010 · 17 citations · 4 references

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Abstract

We describe a case of postoperative stroke in a patient undergoing anterior cervical discectomy caused by a combination of intraoperative retraction of an atherosclerotic carotid vessel and arterial hypotension.

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