Paraplegia in spinal tuberculosis due to anterior spinal artery syndrome

Sudden paraplegia due to an anterior spinal artery syndrome during the course of Staphylococcus aureus septicemia.

Paraplegia due to spinal epidural haematoma.

MRI of anterior spinal artery syndrome.

In this serial MRI study a 24 year old man presenting anterior spinal artery syndrome was examined. In the acute stage, spin echo sequences showed an enlarged cervical cord on a T1 weighted image and high signal intensity in the enlarged portion of the cord on a T2 weighted image. The findings were interpreted as oedema in the grey and white matter subsequent to ischaemia. In the chronic stage,...

Anterior spinal surgery alone in the surgical treatment of thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis: a prospective study

 Background: One of the important sites for extrapulmonary TB involvement is the skeleton. Tuberculous spondylitis (Pott’s disease) comprises 50-70% of the skeletal tuberculosis. Methods: In this case series study, we prospectively investigated the result of anterior surgery alone (anterior debridement, fusion and instrumentation) in the patients with spinal tuberculosis. The patients with imma...

Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome: Reversible Paraplegia after Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Background Context. Percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty is an established minimally invasive technique to treat painful vertebral compression fractures, especially in the context of osteoporosis with a minor complication rate. Purpose. To describe the heparin anticoagulation treatment of paraplegia following balloon kyphoplasty. Study Design. We report the first case of an anterior spinal artery s...