Paraplegia following coeliac plexus block.

van Dongen, R T; Crul, B J · Anaesthesia · 1991

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A case is described in which a coeliac plexus block with alcohol 48%, performed under X ray control, resulted in paraplegia. Ischaemia of the spinal cord, due to damage to the arterial blood supply, was thought to be the cause.

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