• World Neurosurg · Aug 2020

    Case Reports

    A Case Series of Retroperitoneal Lymphocele Following Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion.

    • Sidney Roberts, Ram Alluri, Hannah Hageman Licari, Jihoon T Choi, Jeffrey C Wang, and Raymond J Hah.
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. Electronic address: sirobert@usc.edu.
    • World Neurosurg. 2020 Aug 1; 140: 114-118.

    BackgroundLymphocele is a rare complication following anterior lumbar interbody fusion with very few reported cases in the literature. We report 3 cases of lymphocele following anterior lumbar interbody fusion.Case DescriptionIn the first 2 cases, the patients presented with retroperitoneal lymphocele, and both were managed with sclerotherapy with ethanol. In the third case, the patient also presented with a retroperitoneal lymphocele and was managed instead with percutaneous drain placement. All 3 patients had subsequent resolution of the lymphoceles and their associated symptoms.ConclusionsThis case report reviews the diagnostic algorithm and management of lymphocele following anterior lumbar interbody fusion.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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