Postoperative paraplegia secondary to the use of oxidized cellulose (Surgicel).
Iatrogenic paraplegia after thoracic surgery is a devastating complication. In this report, the authors present a case of paraplegia in a toddler after the resection of a mediastinal neuroblastoma. In this case, the paraplegia was caused by spinal cord compression after migration of oxidized cellulose into the spinal canal.
Henry
Marion C W
MC
Section of Pediatric Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8062, USA.
Tashjian
David B
DB
Kasowski
Hahnah
H
Duncan
Charles
C
Moss
R Lawrence
RL
D002483:Cellulose, Oxidized / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007223:Infant; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000601:surgery; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000139:chemically induced*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*
D002483:Cellulose, Oxidized; C013695:Surgicel