[Cervical spondylosis revealed after general anesthesia].
We present a case of complicated postoperative nerve injury. A 70-year-old man complained of partial paralysis and numbness of the left forearm 1.5 hour after operation for femoral artery bypass graft. Postoperative cervical spine MRI revealed cervical spondylotic radiculopathy. The MRI findings could account for his symptom. Not only peripheral nerve injury but the cervical radiculopathy may play an important role in perioperative neuropathy.
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi 329-0498.
Kazuhiko
K
Saitoh
Makiko
M
Kai
Jiro
J
Mitamura
Yoshihiro
Y
Hirabayashi
Takashi
T
Igarashi
Norimasa
N
Seo
D000368:Aged; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D001162:Arteriosclerosis Obliterans / Q000601:surgery; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D059348:Peripheral Nerve Injuries; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures