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Balaji Douraiswami
enior Spine Fellow, Department of Complex Spine Surgery,Southmead Hospital,North Bristol NHS Trust, UK
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Mohammad Baraka
Senior Spine Fellow, Department of Spine Surgery, Southampton General Hospital, Neurosurgery Lecturer, Kasr Alainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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Ardalan Zolnourian
Neurosurgical Trainee, Southampton General Hospital, NHS Southampton, UK
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Ali Nader-Sepahi
Spinal Consultant, Southampton General Hospital, NHS Southampton, UK
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Emad Shenouda
Spinal Consultant, Southampton General Hospital, NHS Southampton, UK
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Chris Dare
Spinal Consultant, Southampton General Hospital, NHS Southampton, UK
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Keywords:
Blindness, Prone Position, Spinal Surgery, Consent
Abstract
Prone position is commonly used in spinal surgery as well as other specialties. The associated complications with this are well documented within the literature [1]. Informed consenting process for prone spinal operations should entail listing the benefits of the proposed surgical procedure as well as the known complications. The commonly quoted complications by the spinal surgeons are infection, CSF leak, bleeding including major vascular injury [2]. Neurological deficit, bladder, bowel and sexual dysfunction, spinal instability, need for revision, stroke, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
Author Biographies
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Balaji Douraiswami, enior Spine Fellow, Department of Complex Spine Surgery,Southmead Hospital,North Bristol NHS Trust, UK
Balaji Douraiswami, Senior Spine Fellow, Department of Complex Spine Surgery,Southmead Hospital,North Bristol NHS Trust, UK.
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Mohammad Baraka, Senior Spine Fellow, Department of Spine Surgery, Southampton General Hospital, Neurosurgery Lecturer, Kasr Alainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
Senior Spine Fellow, Department of Spine Surgery, Southampton General Hospital, Neurosurgery Lecturer, Kasr Alainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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Ardalan Zolnourian, Neurosurgical Trainee, Southampton General Hospital, NHS Southampton, UK
Neurosurgical Trainee, Southampton General Hospital, NHS Southampton, UK
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Ali Nader-Sepahi, Spinal Consultant, Southampton General Hospital, NHS Southampton, UK
Spinal Consultant, Southampton General Hospital, NHS Southampton, UK
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Emad Shenouda, Spinal Consultant, Southampton General Hospital, NHS Southampton, UK
Spinal Consultant, Southampton General Hospital, NHS Southampton, UK
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Chris Dare, Spinal Consultant, Southampton General Hospital, NHS Southampton, UK
Spinal Consultant, Southampton General Hospital, NHS Southampton, UK
