Paraplegia as a result of tracheal resection in a 17-year-old male.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Case report and literature review. Outpatient review in the UK on a young male from the USA. To report on a healthy young male who developed an incomplete paraplegia following flexion of the cervical spine after surgery to relieve tracheal stenosis. Spinal cord injury following prolonged flexion of the cervical spine after surgery to relieve tracheal stenosis can cause paraplegia. The postulated mechanism is traction upon the thoracic cord.
Medical subject headings
- Paraplegia
- Postoperative Care
- Surgical Procedures, Operative
- Trachea
- Tracheal Stenosis