2021-07-262021-07-262005-07Doğan, S. vd. (2005). "Oxidised regenerated cellulose as a cause of paraplegia after thoracotomy: case report and review of the literature". Spinal Cord, 43(7), 445-447.1362-4393https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.sc.3101632https://www.nature.com/articles/3101632http://hdl.handle.net/11452/21290Study design: Case report. Objective: To report an unusual case of paraplegia. Setting: University Hospital Bursa, Turkey. Case report: A 22-year-old woman presented with paraplegia following a left-sided thoracotomy. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a dorsal epidural mass at the level of T6. The patient underwent an emergency T6/7 laminectomy and removal of a tuft of oxidised regenerated cellulose, which had migrated through the intervertebral foramen causing spinal cord compression. Conclusion: In cases of neurological deficits after surgery at the posterolateral edge of a thoracotomy, the clinician should be aware of the above possibility. Urgent radiological diagnosis and decompressive laminectomy is the treatment of choice.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessOxidised regenerated celluloseThoracotomyParaplegiaSpinal cord compressionAortaSurgicelRepairHematomaNeurosciences & neurologyRehabilitationCelluloseOxidizedDecompressionSurgicalHemostaticsLaminectomyOcclusive dressingsParaplegiaSpinal cord compressionThoracotomyReview0002302446000102-s2.0-2284445159144544743715897919Clinical neurologyRehabilitationBone waxHemostaticsOxidized celluloseOxidized celluloseEmergency surgeryHuman tissueLaminectomyNuclear magnetic resonance imagingParaplegiaRadiodiagnosisSpinal cord compressionSpinal cord tumorThoracotomy