[Spinal cord ischemia after bronchial artery embolization and right thoracotomy].
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.
Martín Moreno
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MA
Servicio Anestesiología, Reanimación y Tratamiento del Dolor, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo. alix993@msn.com
García Arango
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B
Hernández Bujedo
M A
MA
Alvarez Cienfuegos
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D
Miranda Fernández
M A
MA
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*