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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Oct 2002
Case ReportsParaplegia associated with combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia caused by preoperatively unrecognized spinal vertebral metastasis.
- A Kararmaz, A Turhanoglu, H Arslan, S Kaya, and S Turhanoglu.
- Departments of Anaesthesiology, Physical Treatment and Rehabilitation, and Orthopaedics, Dicle University Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey. alper@dicle.edu.tr
- Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2002 Oct 1;46(9):1165-7.
AbstractWe describe a case of paraplegia following combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia. It was postoperatively determined that a tumour of the vertebrae which was compressing the spinal cord was responsible for this complication. We suggest that the pre-existing pathology of the spine must be borne in mind as a differential diagnosis of acute postoperative paraplegia.
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