Successful treatment of neurologic injury after complex spinal surgery with hyperbaric oxygen therapy: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neurologic injury is relatively common in the context of spinal surgery, and is often treated with physiotherapy, pharmacotherapy, or surgical intervention. Emerging evidence supports a possible role for hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in the treatment of peripheral and spinal nerve injuries. We describe the successful use of HBOT in improving neurologic recovery after complex spine surgery with new-onset postoperative unilateral foot drop.

Case description

A 50-year-old woman was found to have new right-sided foot drop and L2-S1 motor deficits following complex thoracolumbar revision spinal surgery. She received standard conservative management for a provisional diagnosis of acute traumatic nerve ischemia, but demonstrated no neurologic improvement. On postopera

SUBMITTER: Brenna CTA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10331493 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature