title: Paraplegia following abdominal aortic surgery. Case reports.
abstract: Well-known complications of abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery include haemorrhage, arterial occlusion, infection and aortoduodenal fistula. Less well known is the occurrence of paraplegia. At present there is no estimate of its incidence, and only isolated cases have been reported. We report 2 cases of paraplegia following elective aortic surgery and 2 others following acute occlusion of the abdominal aorta.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications