Spinal cord infarction following abdominal surgery and postoperative epidural analgaesia

Abdullah Al-Asmi; Rosanna John; Ramachandiran Nandhagopal; Povathoor C. Jacob; Karin Nollain; Rajeev Jain

Spinal cord infarction following abdominal surgery and postoperative epidural analgaesia

Abdullah Al-Asmi, Rosanna John, Ramachandiran Nandhagopal^*, Povathoor C. Jacob, Karin Nollain, Rajeev Jain

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Abstract

Ischemic infarction is a rare cause of acute myelopathy. We report the case of a young woman admitted to Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman, who developed extensive spinal cord infarction in the setting of surgical evacuation and packing of liver haematoma and post-operative epidural analgesia. She had no vascular risk factors for stroke. The vascular mechanism underlying ischemic myelopathy and the relationship to abdominal surgery and epidural analgesia are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	396-400
Number of pages	5
Journal	Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
Volume	10
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - Dec 2010

Keywords

Abdominal surgery
Case report
Epidural analgesia
Liver hematoma
Liver packing
Magnetic resonance imaging
Myelopathy
Oman
Radiculomedullary artery
Spinal cord infarction

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General Medicine

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Spinal cord infarction following abdominal surgery and postoperative epidural analgaesia

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