Case Resolution

Acute Spinal Cord Infarction after Spinal Surgery

  • Pedro Luis Bazán Spinal Pathology Unit, Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos “General San Martín”, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0060-6558
  • Arles Pérez Gutiérrez Spinal Pathology Unit, Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos “General San Martín”, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8234-1600
  • Alin Ludmila Garay Spinal Pathology Unit, Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos “General San Martín”, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7304-6843
Keywords: Spinal cord infarction, ischemic stroke, ischemia, kyphoplasty, paraplegia

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Author Biographies

Pedro Luis Bazán, Spinal Pathology Unit, Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos “General San Martín”, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Certified Medical Specialist in Spine Surgeon.Head of the Spinal Pathology Unit, Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos “General San Martín”, La Plata, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaCertified Medical Specialist in Orthopedics and Traumatology by the AAOT.Consulting Medical Specialist in Orthopedics and Traumatology at the District I Medical Council.
Arles Pérez Gutiérrez, Spinal Pathology Unit, Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos “General San Martín”, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Spinal Pathology Unit, Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos “General San Martín”, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alin Ludmila Garay, Spinal Pathology Unit, Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos “General San Martín”, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Spinal Pathology Unit, Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos “General San Martín”, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Published
2026-02-27
How to Cite
Bazán, P. L., Pérez Gutiérrez, A., & Garay, A. L. (2026). Case Resolution. Revista De La Asociación Argentina De Ortopedia Y Traumatología, 91(1), 73-76. https://doi.org/10.15417/issn.1852-7434.2026.91.1.2296
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Instrucción Ortopédica de Posgrado-Imágenes. Resolución

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