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IATROGENIC ISCHAEMIC PARAPLEGIA
Author(s) -
Mathew Ninan T.,
John Stanley
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb84676.x
Subject(s) - paraplegia , medicine , spinal cord , blood supply , spinal cord injury , surgery , infarction , pneumonectomy , anesthesia , myocardial infarction , cardiology , lung , psychiatry
A case of paraplegia due to spinal cord infarction occurring during left pneumonectomy is described. The “watershed” area of the thoracic cord was affected. The importance of the radicular arterial blood supply to the spinal cord is illustrated by this case.