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Paraplegia and epidural analgesia
Author(s) -
CHAUDHARI L.S.,
KOP B.R.,
DHRUVA A.J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1978.tb08469.x
Subject(s) - medicine , paraplegia , anesthesia , surgery , combined spinal epidural , epidural space , spinal canal stenosis , spinal cord , spinal canal , psychiatry
A patient who developed paraplegia subsequent to epidural analgesia is presented. The patient was further investigated and it was proved that there was spinal canal stenosis L2-4 level and epidural analgesia had precipitated the paraplegia.