Urvoy P, Perlinski S, Berger M, Butin E, Mestdagh H
Service d'Orthopédie Traumatologie D, Hôpital B. Centre hospitalo-universitaire de Lille, France.
Acta Orthop Belg. 1990;56(2):513-6.
The authors reported an early case of cauda equina syndrome after hemilaminectomy and discectomy for lumbar disc herniation. CT-scan revealed the migration of the free fat graft used for preventing peridural scar formation. Removal of the graft resulted in total patient's recovery.