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[Pregnancy and paraplegia. Management. A case report]
1Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique A, Hôpital de La Grave, Toulouse.
The authors report a case of pregnancy in a paraplegic patients whose lesion was at the level of T4. The patient showed minimal respiratory problems with a "heaviness" of her chest and asymptomatic urinary tract infections which did not affect fetal development. She had a normal delivery. The authors, from this case, wish to point out again that pregnancy in patients with spinal cord trauma are bedevilled by urinary tract infections, anaemia, bed sores, and the danger of hyper-reflexia of the autonomic nervous system which could affect the vital functions of the mother.
The authors report a case of pregnancy in a paraplegic patients whose lesion was at the level of T4. The patient showed minimal respiratory problems with a "heaviness" of her chest and asymptomatic urinary tract infections which did not affect fetal development. She had a normal delivery. The authors, from this case, wish to point out again that pregnancy in patients with spinal cord trauma are bedevilled by urinary tract infections, anaemia, bed sores, and the danger of hyper-reflexia of the autonomic nervous system which could affect the vital functions of the mother.