Postraumatic pneumorrhachis

• Main Authors: Huber S. Padilla-Zambrano, Jessica Amaya-Quintero, Ramos-Villegas Yancarlos, Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar, Willem Guillermo Calderon-Miranda, Joulen Mo-Carrascal, Johanna Maraby, Amit Agrawal
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Academic Publishing 2017-09-01
• Series: Romanian Neurosurgery
• Subjects: Pneumorrhachis; spinal neurotrauma; spinal cord
• Online Access: https://www.journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/1027
• ISSN: 1220-8841; 2344-4959

The Pneumorrhachis is the presence of air at the level of the spinal canal. It can have several causes among which are: traumatic, iatrogenic among others. Clinical Cases: We present three cases of male patients handled by our neurosurgery service with traumatic pneumorrhachis patients, which were managed in a conservative manner, with control images. Conclusions: pneumorrhachis has traditionally been classified as internal if air is present in the subdural or subarachnoid space and external if the air is located at the epidural level. We propose a classification in degrees (Moscote-Agrawal-Padilla) which is more practical from the clinical and radiological point of view.