Spinal Stroke following Kidney Transplant

Complications are a part of surgery. Spinal infarctions are a dreaded complication of aortic surgery. We present a patient who developed a spinal infarct after a kidney transplant. We were unable to find a causative factor in our search for etiology. In our review of the literature, we were unable t...

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Published inCase reports in transplantation Vol. 2022; pp. 2058600 - 4
Main Authors Subramanian, Jayanthan B., Siddiqui, Farjad, Chotai, Pranit N., Al-Adwan, Yazan, Rajab, Amer, Washburn, Kenneth, Schenk, Austin D., Limkemann, Ashley J., Luttrull, Michael, Al-Ebrahim, Musab, Bumgardner, Ginny, Singh, Navdeep
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Hindawi 2022
Hindawi Limited
Subjects
Aneurysms
Case Report
Case reports
Complex patients
Debridement
Diabetes
Diabetic neuropathy
Foot diseases
Hemodialysis
Hypotension
Kidney transplants
Leg ulcers
Neurology
Patients
Spinal cord
Surgery
Surgical outcomes
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Summary:Complications are a part of surgery. Spinal infarctions are a dreaded complication of aortic surgery. We present a patient who developed a spinal infarct after a kidney transplant. We were unable to find a causative factor in our search for etiology. In our review of the literature, we were unable to find a similar report. We present this case report to highlight a rare complication of kidney transplantation and to reinforce that patients requiring kidney transplant are complex patients with multiple comorbidities that can cause a multitude of complications in the periop period.
Bibliography:Academic Editor: Ryszard Grenda
ISSN:2090-6943
2090-6951
DOI:10.1155/2022/2058600