Paraplegia complicating intracranial decompressive operations.
Two cases are reported in which acute paraplegia developed subsequent to decompressive intracranial operations in patients with raised intracranial pressure and spinal cord tumours. Possible causative factors are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D002535:Cerebral Aqueduct / Q000473:pathology; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications