Transient neurologic syndrome in a patient receiving hypobaric lidocaine in the prone jack-knife position.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
The occurrence of transient neurologic symptoms after hypobaric lidocaine spinal anesthesia has not been reported, and may suggest sciatic stretch with neural ischemia rather than maldistribution as the cause of this syndrome.
Medical subject headings
- Anesthesia, Spinal
- Anesthetics, Local
- Intraoperative Complications
- Lidocaine
- Neurotoxicity Syndromes
- Prone Position