[Cerebrospinal fluid drainage to treat delayed paraplegia after stent grafting of the descending thoracic aorta].
Delayed onset of paraplegia secondary to spinal cord ischemia is a rare but serious complication that can appear after endovascular repair of an aneurysm in the descending thoracic aorta, although this complication is significantly less frequent after stent grafting than after conventional surgical repair. We report the case of a man who developed paraplegia 36 hours after insertion of 4 stents in the descending thoracic aorta. The paraplegia reversed after a spinal catheter was placed to monitor cerebrospinal fluid pressure and to provide drainage.
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Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo. felixezequiel.fernandez@sespa.princast.es
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