Foot drop after percutaneous treatment with radiopaque gelified ethanol (Discogel ®).

We present a case of a foot drop, caused by a disc herniation after percutaneous treatment with Discogel®. We hypothesize that the pathogenic mechanism would be the increased intradiscal volume and pressure post-puncture and annulus fibrosus damage, which could produce the disc extrusion. The extrusion of Discogel® material is possible. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of this complication with this product. PMID: 32336588 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32336588?dopt=Abstract

Source: Neurocirugia - April 22, 2020 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Rascón-Ramírez FJ, Vargas-Jiménez AC, Salazar-Asencio OA Tags: Neurocirugia (Astur) Source Type: research