Paraplegia following spinal anesthesia in a patient with chronic renal failure.
Paraplegia after spinal anesthesia secondary to hematoma formation has been described. Many such reports have involved patients with a variety of coagulation disorders. This article describes a patient with clotting abnormalities, apparently due to chronic renal failure, who developed paraplegia after spinal anesthesia secondary to subarachnoid hematoma formation.
Grejda
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Metropolitan Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19124.
Ellis
K
K
Arino
P
P
D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications