Abstract
Symptomatic spinal epidural hematoma (SEH) is a rare but serious complication that may occur after lumbar spine surgery. Prompt recognition of this complication depends on the diagnostic skills of perioperative nursing personnel, particularly postanesthesia care unit nurses. Analysis of a composite of patients undergoing spinal surgery suggests that neurological and functional outcomes of patients with symptomatic lumbar SEH often depend on the time interval between symptom onset and surgical evacuation of the hematoma. Clinicians should consider a diagnosis of symptomatic SEH if there is a change in the patient’s neurological status during the first several hours after lumbar spine surgery. Suspicion of postoperative symptomatic SEH should prompt clinicians to notify the responsible surgeon without delay.
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