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Paraplegia following coeliac plexus block
Author(s) -
DONGEN R. T. M.,
CRUL B. J. P.
Publication year - 1991
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.1365-2044.1991.tb09603.x
Subject(s) - medicine , paraplegia , plexus , block (permutation group theory) , anesthesia , anatomy , spinal cord , geometry , mathematics , psychiatry
Summary A case is described in which a coeliac plexus block with alcohol 48%, performed under X ray control, resulted in paraplegia. Ischaemia of the spinal cord, due to damage to the arterial blood supply, was thought to be the cause.