ISSN:
1432-1920
Keywords:
Key words Gas
;
intramedullary
;
Anaesthesia
;
spinal
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract A 62-year-old diabetic woman developed permanent neurological deficits in the legs following spinal anaesthesia. MRI showed oedema in the spinal cord and a small intramedullary focus of signal void at the T10 level, with negative density at CT. Intramedullary gas bubbles have not been reported previously among the possible neurological complications of spinal anaesthesia; a combined ischaemic/embolic mechanism is hypothesised.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002340050747
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