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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1409-0015</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Medicina Legal de Costa Rica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Med. leg. Costa Rica]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1409-0015</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Costarricense de Medicina Forense]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1409-00152021000300051</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Fibrosis epidural postquirúrgica: presentación de un caso con enfoque médico legal]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Postsurgical epidural fibrosis: presentation of a case with a medical-legal approach]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jiménez Solís]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Francisco]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica Organismo de Investigación Judicial Departamento de Medicina Legal]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>38</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>51</fpage>
<lpage>59</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1409-00152021000300051&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1409-00152021000300051&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1409-00152021000300051&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La fibrosis epidural es un hallazgo clínico y radiológico el cual se encuentra relacionado directamente en su génesis con los procedimientos quirúrgicos realizados en la columna vertebral. Esta patología es la causa más frecuente del síndrome de cirugía fallida de columna, manifestada clínicamente como un dolor equiparable en severidad al presentado previo a la intervención quirúrgica realizada. La fibrosis epidural es parte del proceso de cicatrización usual de los tejidos circundantes de la columna vertebral, en otras palabras, es esperable que esta suceda, sin embargo, solo una mínima cantidad de las personas intervenidas desarrollan clínicamente la sintomatología. La importancia del análisis de esta patología radica en que estas valoraciones son ingresadas al Departamento de Medicina Legal por asunto de reagravación de alguna secuela ocasionada por algún evento traumático. Es imprescindible conocer a profundidad los diferentes aspectos etiológicos, fisiopatológicos, clínicos, radiológicos y terapéuticos que involucran esta patología vertebral, así como, el respectivo análisis médico legal en este tipo de casos, tomando en consideración todos los elementos de juicio que permitan relacionar este hallazgo con algún hecho denunciado. En el presente artículo se realizará un análisis médico legal de un caso de reagravación por fibrosis epidural valorado en el Departamento de Medicina Legal de Costa Rica, donde el peritado interpone una denuncia contra el ente asegurador al ser rechazada la posibilidad de reapertura del riesgo laboral presentado.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The epidural fibrosis is a clinical and radiological finding that is related with the surgical procedures performed on the spine. This pathology is the most frequent cause of failed back syndrome or post laminectomy syndrome, that is clinically manifested by an acute pain comparable in severity with the surgical intervention. Epidural fibrosis is part of the usual healing process of the surrounding tissues of the spine, in other words, it&#8217;s to be expected as a result of this procedures, nevertheless, only a small number of people who have been intervened, actually develop the symptoms clinically. The importance of this pathology lies in the fact that these assessments are attended in the Legal Medicine Department due to the aggravation issues of any sequel caused by a traumatic event. It is essential to know such things as the etiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, radiological findings, and the therapeutic aspects that involve this vertebral disease, as well as, the respective forensic analysis, in order to use all the elements of judgment that allows to relate what is documented with the denounced findings.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[síndrome post laminectomía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[reagravación.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Epidural fibrosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[failed back syndrome]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[post laminectomy syndrome]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[aggravation..]]></kwd>
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