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Patient 1
THIS IS A FEMALE THAT HAD A DECOMPRESSIVE LAMINECTOMY DONE IN 2005. AN ULTRASONIC ASPIRATOR WAS USED DURING THE SURGERY. INITIALLY SHE DID WELL POST-OPERATIVELY AND WAS DISCHARGED HOME 2 DAYS LATER. LATER SHE DEVELOPED A SUBCUTANEOUS COLLECTION OF FLUID AT THE SURGERY SITE WITH DELAYED WOUND HEALING. 9 DAYS LATER, SHE WAS TAKEN BACK TO SURGERY FOR CLOSURE OF THE WOUND. TWO DAYS LATER, SHE WAS DISCHARGED HOME IN STABLE CONDITION.