{"title":"Lumbar radiculopathy caused by a lost silverclip.","authors":"S Rossitti, C von Essen, A Roos","doi":"10.1055/s-2008-1053813","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The case of an adult patient with lumbar radiculopathy (L:4) caused by a migrated silverclip, which was probably lost during the successful extirpation of a cerebellar tumor many years before is presented. The clip was removed surgically and the nerve root was submitted to a partial neurolysis. Increased tension in the root due to corrosion of the clip and scar formation is the proposed pathophysiological mechanism in this case.</p>","PeriodicalId":76208,"journal":{"name":"Neurochirurgia","volume":"36 4","pages":"135-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1993-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1055/s-2008-1053813","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Neurochirurgia","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2008-1053813","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The case of an adult patient with lumbar radiculopathy (L:4) caused by a migrated silverclip, which was probably lost during the successful extirpation of a cerebellar tumor many years before is presented. The clip was removed surgically and the nerve root was submitted to a partial neurolysis. Increased tension in the root due to corrosion of the clip and scar formation is the proposed pathophysiological mechanism in this case.