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Neurological long‐term sequelae after spinal anaesthesia in a tropical setting: A case control study
Author(s) -
Bauer M.,
Fiala C.,
Mues P.,
Schmutzhard E.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
tropical medicine and international health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1365-3156
pISSN - 1360-2276
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00674.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , general anaesthesia , surgery , spinal muscular atrophy , disease
Spinal anaesthesia (SA) is an important form of anaesthesia in tropical countries. It is considered to have few long‐term complications or sequelae, although this hypothesis has not been proven in a rural tropical setting. In a case control study we found SA to be a significant risk factor for lower back pain, reflex abnormalities and muscular atrophy and mild impairment of muscle power in patients examined between 3 months and 4 years after SA. These long‐term sequelae need to be confirmed in a larger prospective study employing all possible neurophysiological and neuroimaging techniques.