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Extradural diamorphine in the control of pain following lumbar laminectomy.

Catheters were inserted into the extradural space under direct vision at the time of surgery for prolapsed intervertebral disc or lumbar canal stenosis. In the post-operative period, diamorphine (3 mg in 5 ml water) was injected through the catheter when patients requested analgesia. In only four of 49 patients was significant pain relief not achieved after extradural diamorphine injection. In four other patients it was not possible to use this method of analgesia throughout the two post-operative days as planned. As judged by the improved mobility and by grading on a linear analogue pain scale, the quality of analgesia achieved was better than after intramuscular papaveretum (10-20 mg) and extradural diamorphine was requested less frequently. There were no serious side-effects in the patients studied, although the technique was not used in patients over 55 years of age. Extradural diamorphine appeared to be less effective in two patients who had undergone re-explorations.

Adolescent↗

Spinal stenosis after total lumbar laminectomy for selective dorsal rhizotomy.

Knowledge of long-term outcome and complications of selective dorsal rhizotomy is limited due to the relatively recent introduction of the procedure. We describe 2 patients with cerebral palsy who developed lumbar spinal stenosis several years after selective dorsal rhizotomy. These patients also had substantial lateral trunk sway during gait and walked for several years with limited assistive devices. This abnormal gait pattern in combination with the changes from the selective dorsal rhizotomy may lead to the development of spinal stenosis.

Cerebral Palsy↗

Entrapped lumbar nerve root in pseudomeningocele after laminectomy: report of three cases.

The authors report three patients with symptomatic postlaminectomy pseudomeningocele. At operation a loop of a nerve root was found to be trapped within the dural defect. All three patients exhibited a delayed onset of radicular symptoms and signs after disc surgery. The pseudomeningocele was demonstrated computed tomography and myelography, but the entrapped root could be identified only at operation.

Adult↗