Minimally invasive surgery of extensive spinal epidural abscess: A case report [Yaygın spinal epidural absede minimal İnvazif cerrahi: Bir olgu sunumu]

Spinal epidural abscess (sea) is a rare condition usually been treated by multilevel laminectomies. a 78-year-old female patient was hospitalized with prediagnosis of stroke and demyelinating disease and tetraplegia developed. magnetic resonance imaging (mri) demonstrated a sea beginning from the level of c5 vertebra extending to the level of l2 vertebra. it was drained via bilateral hemilaminectomy with no clinical improvement. control mri revealed abscess was completely drained. the patient died due to multiorgan failure on the postoperative 45th day. extensive epidural abscess can be successfully drained via limited laminectomy. however,delay in treatment may result in poor prognosis. © 2014 ege university press. all rights reserved.