TY - CHAP
T1 - Recurrent spinal stenosis caused by tophaceous gout
T2 - a case report and review of literature.
AU - Ko, Po Jen
AU - Huang, Tsung-Jen
AU - Liao, Y. S.
AU - Hsueh, S.
AU - Hsu, Robert Wen Wei
PY - 1996/9
Y1 - 1996/9
N2 - A 57-year-old man with severe gouty arthritis for over 20 years was admitted because of persistent back and leg pain and neurogenic claudication. Lumbar spinal stenosis from the L4 to L5 level was diagnosed after admission and decompressive laminectomy was done. However, about 10 months later, another surgery with laminectomy of L2 and L3 and postero-lateral fusion was performed due to post-laminectomy instability with recurrence of stenosis. The pathology of the resected ligmentum flava had tophi deposition. At the one-year follow-up examination after the second operation, the patient was pain free and had resumed daily activity.
AB - A 57-year-old man with severe gouty arthritis for over 20 years was admitted because of persistent back and leg pain and neurogenic claudication. Lumbar spinal stenosis from the L4 to L5 level was diagnosed after admission and decompressive laminectomy was done. However, about 10 months later, another surgery with laminectomy of L2 and L3 and postero-lateral fusion was performed due to post-laminectomy instability with recurrence of stenosis. The pathology of the resected ligmentum flava had tophi deposition. At the one-year follow-up examination after the second operation, the patient was pain free and had resumed daily activity.
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M3 - Chapter
C2 - 8921648
AN - SCOPUS:0030236411
VL - 19
SP - 272
EP - 276
BT - Changgeng yi xue za zhi / Changgeng ji nian yi yuan = Chang Gung medical journal / Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
ER -