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Paraplegia following epidural analgesia
Author(s) -
BALLIN NEVILLE C.
Publication year - 1981
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.1365-2044.1981.tb08654.x
Subject(s) - medicine , paraplegia , lumbar , anesthesia , spinal cord compression , epidural abscess , surgery , spinal cord , abscess , psychiatry
Summary A case is presented of a patient who developed temporary paraplegia following epidural analgesia. An X‐ray of the lumbar spine showed a very narrow spinal canal and the cause of the paraplegia was thought to be nerve root compression resulting from a haematoma.