Complication of epidural fat graft in lumbar spine disc surgery: case report

Surg Neurol. 1995 Nov;44(5):479-81; discussion 481-2. doi: 10.1016/0090-3019(95)00222-7.

Abstract

A left-sided L5-S1 lumbar disc herniation operation was performed on a 36-year-old woman in 1987. After a 6-year period, the same patient came back to the clinic with the problem of severe sciatic pain on the same side as before. Upon diagnosis, it was seen that the left S1 radix was compressed with a piece of free autofat graft in the foramen, which was used in the first operation. As far as the writers are informed, this is the first report about a later complication of epidural autofat graft in lumbar spine disc surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adipose Tissue / transplantation*
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / surgery*
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / surgery*
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology*
  • Sciatica / etiology*