BACKGROUND Volatile anesthetics cause Alzheimer's disease (AD)-like neuropathology in animals. We determined whether spine surgery under general anesthesia and anesthetic choice contributed to AD development. METHODS We searched the Clinical Data Repository of the University of Virginia for patients receiving spine surgery from January 1, 1992 to March 1, 2004. Patients with newly-diagnosed A...

Background and Importance: Pseudomeningocele is a rare complication of spine surgery, and it is the collection of cerebrospinal fluid in paraspinal tissues. Giant pseudomeningoceles are still rare, and very few cases have been reported in literature. It is usually occult in presentation, and patients do not have any symptoms ascribable to it. Case Presentation: We came across two sym...

background and importance: pseudomeningocele is a rare complication of spine surgery, and it is the collection of cerebrospinal fluid in paraspinal tissues. giant pseudomeningoceles are still rare, and very few cases have been reported in literature. it is usually occult in presentation, and patients do not have any symptoms ascribable to it. case presentation: we came across two symptomatic pa...