Persistent paralysis after spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery

Anterior spinal artery syndrome has rarely been reported as a cause of permanent neurologic complications after neuraxial anesthesia in obstetric patients. A parturient developed anterior spinal artery syndrome after spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery. A healthy 32-year-old parturient presented at 41(2/7) weeks for primary elective caesarean delivery for breech presentation. Spinal anesthesia was easily performed with clear cerebrospinal fluid, and block height was T4 at 5 minutes. Intraoperative course was uneventful except for symptomatic bradycardia (37-40 beats per minute) and hypotension (88/44 mm Hg) 4 minutes postspinal anesthesia, treated with ephedrine and atropine. Dense motor block persisted 9 hours after spinal anesthesia, and magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbosacral region was normal, finding no spinal cord compression or lesion. Physical examination revealed deficits consistent with a spinal cord lesion at T6, impacting the anterior spinal cord while sparing the posterior tracts..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical anesthesia - 27(2015), 1, Seite 68-72

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zaphiratos, Valerie [VerfasserIn]
McKeen, Dolores M [Sonstige Person]
Macaulay, Bruce [Sonstige Person]
George, Ronald B [Sonstige Person]

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BKL:

44.00

Themen:

Abdomen
Adverse outcome
Anesthesia
Anesthesia, Obstetrical - adverse effects
Anesthesia, Obstetrical - methods
Anesthesia, Spinal - adverse effects
Anesthesia, Spinal - methods
Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome - chemically induced
Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome - complications
Anterior spinal artery syndrome
Cesarean Section - methods
Cesarean delivery
Coronary vessels
Ephedrine - administration & dosage
Ischemia
Mortality
Neuraxial anesthesia
Neurologic complication
Nuclear magnetic resonance--NMR
Obstetrics
Paralysis
Paralysis/paraplegia
Paralysis - chemically induced
Spinal anesthesia
Spinal cord
Surgery
Veins & arteries

doi:

10.1016/j.jclinane.2014.08.003

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1958095397