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REPORT OF TWO CASES WITH RECOVERY FOLLOWING LAMINECTOMY

DAVID L. REEVES, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1940;41(4):994-1003.

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As can be appreciated from a review of the literature, the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of acute metastatic spinal epidural abscess may be divided into two epochs. According to Van Den Berg,¹ the first of these, from the initial report of Morgagni² until the end of 1928, was, to say the least, despairing, for of 36 patients whose cases were reported only 1 recovered, a mortality of over 97 per cent. Beginning with 1929, a distinct improvement occurred. Of 35 patients described, 19 survived, a mortality of 46 per cent. Of the 20 patients who recovered, however, 5 had some residual paralysis. Browder and Meyers³ followed Van Den Berg's paper with a report of 5 cases of acute metastatic spinal epidural abscess, in 1 of which the patient recovered. The condition in this case, however, represented an extension of osteomyelitis of the rib. During December of the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
LOS ANGELES

From the Department of Surgery of the University of Southern California.

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