Late paraparesis as a postoperative complication in a patient undergoing the repair of a double aortic aneurysm

We report a case of a fifty-seven (57)-years old man undergoing elective surgery of a thoracoabdominal and aortoiliac aneurysm in a single surgical time. The patients is operated undergoing general anesthetic combined with thoracic epidural blockade, and it was done two aortic cross-clamping: one to...

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Published inAngiologia Vol. 45; no. 6; p. 195
Main Authors Bonome González, C, Alvarez Refojo, F, Fernández Carballal, F, Rodríguez Alvarez, R
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Spain 01.11.1993
Subjects
Anastomosis, Surgical
Aorta, Abdominal - surgery
Aorta, Thoracic - surgery
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - complications
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - surgery
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic - complications
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic - surgery
Femoral Artery - surgery
Humans
Hypotension - complications
Hypotension - etiology
Intraoperative Complications - etiology
Intraoperative Complications - therapy
Male
Middle Aged
Paraplegia - etiology
Paraplegia - therapy
Postoperative Complications - etiology
Postoperative Complications - therapy
Time Factors
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Summary:We report a case of a fifty-seven (57)-years old man undergoing elective surgery of a thoracoabdominal and aortoiliac aneurysm in a single surgical time. The patients is operated undergoing general anesthetic combined with thoracic epidural blockade, and it was done two aortic cross-clamping: one to five cm of the aortic arch and the other to the infrarenal level. The most important intraoperative complications were during the thoracic aortic cross-clamping and the most important postoperative complication was related 48 hours later, to paraparesis after a hypotension episode what improved with rehabilitation treatment.
ISSN:0003-3170