Spinal Cord Infarction following Abdominal Surgery and Postoperative Epidural Analgaesia

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....

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Published inSultan Qaboos University medical journal Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 396 - 400
Main Authors Al-Asmi, Abdullah, John, Rosanna, Nandhagopal, Ramachandiran, Jacob, Povathoor C, Nollain, Karin, Jain, Rajeev
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oman Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, College of Medicine & Health Sciences 01.12.2010
Sultan Qaboos University
Subjects
abdominal surgery
Case Report
epidural analgesia
liver hematoma
liver packing
magnetic resonance imaging
myelopathy
oman
radiculomedullary artery
spinal cord infarction
Abdominal surgery
Myelopathy
Case report
Liver packing
Magnetic resonance imaging
Liver hematoma
Spinal cord infarction
Radiculomedullary artery
Epidural analgesia
Oman
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Summary: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.
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ISSN:2075-051X
2075-0528