The Gelfoam Technique in Aggressive Vertebral Haemangioma with Dorsal Myelopathy

Only few cases of aggressive vertebral hemangioma (AVH) compressing cord have been reported in the literature. Such AVH is known to bleed profusely in the intraoperative period. We used small pieces of gelfoam admixed dye intraoperatively which dramatically reduced bleeding and we report one such ca...

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Published in:	Journal of Spinal Surgery
Main Authors:	Shanmugam Muthiah, Minu Velan, Syed Ali, Thirupathi Subbiah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-04-01
Subjects:	aggressive vertebral hemangioma cord compression gel foam technique neurological deficits
Online Access:	https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/joss.joss_1_23