Spine surgery may cause more spinal epidural hematomas than spinal puncture

Spine surgery may cause more spinal epidural

hematomas than spinal puncture

AN Jian-xiong;FANG Qi-wu;Erin A.Sullivan;John P.Williams

【期刊名称】《中华医学杂志（英文版）》 【年(卷),期】2013(126)002

【摘要】Background Spinal epidural hematoma (SEH) is a rare but acute and possibly devastating clinical event.The purpose of this study is to assess the multiple etiologies of SEH seen in an academic medical center over a 15-year span.We have examined the etiologies of SEH occurring in a single institution,the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) over the last fifteen years using an electronic record keeping system and database:the Medical Archive Retrieval System (MARS).Methods We screened MARS from 1986-2001 using key words:epidural,hematoma and spinal.All potential SEH cases were reviewed and only those confirmed by surgical intervention were identified as positive SEH and reported in this study.Results There were 17 cases of confirmed SEH.Among them,seven cases were from spontaneous bleeding,seven cases following spinal surgery,and three cases from traumatic spinal fracture.There were no findings of SEH that were related to spinal or epidural anesthesia.Among the seven patients with spontaneous SEH; two were receiving anti-coagulants for deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and had elevated prothrembin time (PT) and