Diagnosis and treatment of subarachnoid-pleural fistula following thoracic spine surgery: a case series study and systematic literature review
After thoracic spinal surgery involving parietal pleura manipulation and cerebrospinal fluid leakage, SPF should be suspected with abnormal pleural effusion. Although surgical repair is most commonly used in previous studies, we found SPF could be healed by conservative treatment including bed rest, pleural drainage, lumbar drainage and NPPV.
Authors
- Runzhi Zhao
- Fengzhao Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2229-2740)
- Juan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0767-5687)
- Yaqing Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4636-446X)
- Ling Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5603-0688)
- Bo Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1849-7516)
Institutions
- Army Medical University (CN)
- XinHua Hospital (CN)
- Xinqiao Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
- Published
- 2025-10-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-025-06348-0
- Primary Topic
- Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00