Severe neurological complications in an adult achon - droplastic dwarf with generalised spinal stenosis
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A case is reported with generalised spinal stenosis and severe neurological complications.Neurological and radiological findings and surgical procedures are discussed. The patient was admitted with profound spastic lower paraparesis and the upper limbs were paretic. After an emergency lumbar decompression, the patient improved and on the twelfth day he was able to take a short walk.Twenty-two days after the lumbar decompression a cervico-thoracic decompression was performed which proved fatal.
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