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Ischemic damage to the spinal cord following end-to-side aortobifemoral bypass
1Division of Vascular Surgery, Wellesley Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Annals of Vascular Surgery
|November 1, 1993
Abstract:
A patient presenting with urinary retention was found to have progressive spinal cord ischemia subsequent to an end-to-side aortobifemoral bypass for atherosclerotic disease. This serves as a vivid reminder of the possibility of this complication even in ischemic disease and that urinary retention may be the initial symptom of cord ischemia. A review of the literature on spinal cord ischemia following abdominal aortic surgery is presented.