Infected chronic retroperitoneal fluid collection following anterior lumbar interbody fusion
A man in his 70s with diabetes, who had undergone T10-pelvis anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) for radiculopathy 7 months prior, presented to the emergency department with fever and malaise of 1 day’s duration. He had developed a 22×10×16 cm retroperitoneal fluid collection and new-
Authors
- Lemuel Non (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8438-4168)
- Kunatum Prasidthrathsint (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7920-6738)
- Shinya Hasegawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7167-270X)
Institutions
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (US)
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Microbiology (CZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Case Reports
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2024-262382
- Primary Topic
- Case Reports on Hematomas
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00