| Clinical Experience and Management of Cervico-Thoracic Epidural Hematoma. |
| Sang Soak Ahn, Young Jin Song |
| Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea. ns2000@dau.net.ac.kr |
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| ABSTRACT |
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Spinal epidural hematoma (SEH) causing acute myelopathy is rare. The usual clinical presentation of a SEH is sudden severe neck or back pain that progresses toward paraparesis or quadriparesis, depending on the level of the lesion.
Recent studies have shown that early decompressive surgery is very important for patient's recovery. We experienced five patients of cervico-thoracic epidural hematomas associated with neurologic deficits that were treated successfully with surgical intervention. |
| Key Words:
Intraspinal; Epidural; Hematoma; Laminectomy |
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