Cerebrospinal fluid drainage in the treatment of spontaneous spinal cord ischemia: a case report.
A patient with spontaneous acute spinal cord ischemia successfully treated with cerebrospinal fluid drainage is reported. There are no consensus guidelines on the management of spinal cord ischemia. Various preventive and rehabilitative measures have been suggested, but the best treatment remains unknown.
Abisi
Said
S
Academic Department of Surgery, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom.
Sayer
Gabriel L
GL
Tan
Justin
J
Burnand
Kevin G
KG
D000368:Aged; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020760:Spinal Cord Ischemia / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome