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Postblock epidural hematoma causing paraplegia. Case report
P Ganjoo1, A K Singh, V K Mishra
1Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
Regional Anesthesia
|January 1, 1994
Abstract
Background And Objectives:
An elderly man with no obvious preexisting coagulation disorder had paraplegia following epidural block for transurethral prostatectomy that was later found to be due to a large epidural hematoma requiring surgical decompression of the spinal cord.
Methods:
There was a delay in starting treatment since the cause was not initially suspected.
Results:
The patient did not improve much after the operation.
Conclusions:
The anesthesiologist should be alert to the possibility of epidural hematoma forming in otherwise normal patients to avoid such unfavorable outcomes.