Title of article
Acute Paraplegia after General Anesthesia
Author/Authors
Afshinmajd، Siamak نويسنده Neurophysiology Research Center, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran. Afshinmajd, Siamak , Khalaj، Alireza نويسنده MD. Associate professor of general surgery, Department of Surgery , , Roohani، Younes نويسنده Mostafa Khomeini Hospital, School of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran. Roohani, Younes , Yarmohammadi، Mohammadebrahim نويسنده Department of Otolaryngology (ENT), Faculty of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran Yarmohammadi, Mohammadebrahim , Salehpour، Shadi نويسنده Mostafa Khomeini Hospital, School of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran. Salehpour, Shadi , Saeedi، Alireza نويسنده Masters student, Department of Computer , , Ghaedi، Gholam Hossein نويسنده Mostafa Khomeini Hospital, School of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran. Ghaedi, Gholam Hossein , Heydari Seradj، Mehran نويسنده Mostafa Khomeini Hospital, School of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran. Heydari Seradj, Mehran
Issue Information
ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی 0 سال 2011
Pages
5
From page
560
To page
564
Abstract
Acute paraplegia is a rare but catastrophic complication of surgeries performed on aorta and corrective operations of vertebral column. Trauma to spinal cord after spinal anesthesia and ischemia of spinal cord also may lead to acute paraplegia. Acute paraplegia as a complication of general anesthesia in surgeries performed on sites other than aorta and vertebral column is very rare. Here we present a 56 year old woman with acute paraplegia due to spinal cord infarction after laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anesthesia probably caused by atherosclerosis of feeding spinal arteries and ischemia of spinal cord after reduction of blood flow possibly due to hypotension during general anesthesia.
Journal title
Acta Medica Iranica
Serial Year
2011
Journal title
Acta Medica Iranica
Record number
2390826
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