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Transverse myelitis following general anaesthesia
Author(s) -
GUTOWSKI N. J.,
DAVIES A. O.
Publication year - 1993
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.1365-2044.1993.tb06790.x
Subject(s) - medicine , transverse myelitis , general anaesthesia , spinal anesthesia , abdominal hysterectomy , anesthesia , general anaesthetic , surgery , local anaesthetic , hysterectomy , spinal cord , psychiatry
Summary A 47‐year‐old woman developed a complete transverse myelitis 2 weeks after an uncomplicated general anaesthetic for total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo‐oophrectomy. If spinal or epidural anaesthesia had been used, a causal relationship might have been assumed. This case emphasises the danger of attributing all cases of transverse myelitis which have a close temporal relationship to spinal or epidural anaesthesia, to the anaesthetic technique itself.