Paraplegia associated with combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia caused by preoperatively unrecognized spinal vertebral metastasis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We 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.
Medical subject headings
- Anesthesia, Epidural
- Anesthesia, Spinal
- Paraplegia
- Postoperative Complications
- Spinal Neoplasms
- Thoracic Vertebrae