Spinal Cord Infarction following Abdominal Surgery and Postoperative Epidural Analgaesia
Journal Title: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal - Year 2010, Vol 10, Issue 3
Abstract
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. Te vascular mechanism underlying ischemic myelopathy and the relationship to abdominal surgery and epidural analgesia are discussed.
Authors and Affiliations
Abdullah Al-Asmi| Departments of Medicine, College of Medicine & Health Sciences,Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman, Rosanna John| Departments of Anaesthesia, College of Medicine & Health Sciences,Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman, Ramachandiran Nandhagopal| Departments of Medicine, College of Medicine & Health Sciences,Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman, Povathoor C Jacob| Departments of Medicine, College of Medicine & Health Sciences,Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman, Karin Nollain| Departments of Anaesthesia, College of Medicine & Health Sciences,Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman, Rajeev Jain| Former affiliation: Department of Radiology & Molecular Imaging, College of Medicine & Health Sciences,Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman, Current affiliation: Department of Radiology, Medanta Medicity, Gurgaon, India
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