Cauda equina syndrome after induction of spinal anesthesia.
In this report the authors present a case of cauda equina syndrome that developed following induction of spinal anesthesia in a patient who had no apparent preexisting bleeding abnormality. An acute subdural hematoma caused the syndrome and was believed to have resulted from direct vascular trauma during administration of spinal anesthesia or from vascular trauma combined with thrombocytopenia in the postoperative period.
Ozgen
Serdar
S
Department of Neurosurgery, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey. omurga@tnn.net
Baykan
Nigar
N
Dogan
I Varlik
IV
Konya
Deniz
D
Pamir
M Necmettin
MN
D000368:Aged; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007278:Injections, Spinal / Q000009:adverse effects; D007796:Laminectomy; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011128:Polyradiculopathy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation