title: [Spinal cord ischemia after bronchial artery embolization and right thoracotomy].
abstract: Bronchial artery embolization was attempted several times in a 74-year-old man undergoing right pneumonectomy for persistent hemoptysis. Paraplegia developed after surgery. Both thoracotomy for lung surgery and bronchial artery embolization have been reported to cause spinal cord ischemia. We analyze the possible mechanisms through which such ischemia may develop.
authors.affiliation: Servicio Anestesiología, Reanimación y Tratamiento del Dolor, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo. alix993@msn.com
authors.forename: Ma A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Martín Moreno
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: García Arango
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hernández Bujedo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alvarez Cienfuegos
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Miranda Fernández
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001981:Bronchial Arteries; D015897:Comorbidity; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology; D020760:Spinal Cord Ischemia / Q000209:etiology*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000009:adverse effects*