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Paraplegia associated with combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia caused by preoperatively unrecognized spinal
A Kararmaz1, A Turhanoglu, H Arslan
1Departments of Anaesthesiology, Physical Treatment and Rehabilitation, and Orthopaedics, Dicle University Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey. alper@dicle.edu.tr
Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
|October 9, 2002
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.