Open AccessTemporary Motor and Sensory Paralysis Associated with Intrathecal Administration Of Morphine
Author(s) -
Laurence I. Kleiner,
Joseph P. Krzeminski,
Robert H. Rosenwasser
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1227/00006123-198905000-00017
Subject(s) - medicine , paralysis , anesthesia , sensory system , morphine , intrathecal , myelopathy , spinal cord , surgery , neuroscience , psychiatry , biology
We are reporting a temporary, totally reversed motor and sensory paralysis subsequent to the intrathecal administration of 1.6 mg of morphine sulfate. This may represent an event which is not based on medication-induced myelopathy but on cardiovascular changes occurring as a result of pain relief.