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Paraplegia after coeliac plexus block
Author(s) -
WOODHAM M. J.,
HANNA M. H.
Publication year - 1989
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.1365-2044.1989.tb11376.x
Subject(s) - medicine , paraplegia , plexus , anatomy , spinal cord , psychiatry
Summary A case is described in which paraplegia followed a coeliac plexus block performed using 90% alcohol under X ray screening. The likely cause was an ischaemic injury to the cord secondary to damage to the artery of rldamkiewicz. This rare complication seems difficult to avoid.