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| Year : 2010 | Volume
: 5
| Issue : 1 | Page : 36-38 |
Possible causes of seizure after spine surgery
Zohreh Habibi1, Farideh Nejat2, Mostafa El Khashab3
1 Department of Neurosurgery, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran, Iran
2 Children`s Hospital Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3 Hackensack University of Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, USA
Correspondence Address:
Farideh Nejat
Children`s Hospital Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
Iran
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DOI: 10.4103/1817-1745.66661
Seizure after laminectomy for spinal procedure is very rare and has not been reported after lipomyelomeningocele surgery beforehand. Here, two cases of seizure following laminectomy for lipomyelomeningocele are reported. The exact etiology of the event is unknown but anesthetic material, pneumocephalus, intracranial hypotension subsequent to cerebrospinal fluid leakage after spinal procedures, spinal-induced seizure and the potential toxic effect of fat molecules could be considered.
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