Spinal cord ischaemia after radical pleurectomy/decortication operation for mesothelioma.
Radical pleurectomy/decortication was performed in a patient with malignant pleural mesothelioma. During the surgery, the left subclavian artery was injured, and repaired via resection and anastomosis. However, the patient was diagnosed with paraplegia following extubation. After deliberate investigations, the mechanism of injury to the critical vascular zone of the spinal cord was determined. Here, we aim to draw attention to possible similar injuries.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul Bilim University Medical Faculty and Group Florence Nightingale Hospitals, Istanbul, Turkey.
Erkan
E
Kaba
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul Bilim University Medical Faculty and Group Florence Nightingale Hospitals, Istanbul, Turkey moozyurtkan@hotmail.com.
Mehmet Oğuzhan
MO
Özyurtkan
Department of Radiology, Istanbul Bilim University Medical Faculty and Group Florence Nightingale Hospitals, Istanbul, Turkey.
Levent
L
Onat
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul Bilim University Medical Faculty and Group Florence Nightingale Hospitals, Istanbul, Turkey.
Kemal
K
Ayalp
D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010994:Pleura / Q000601:surgery; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D020760:Spinal Cord Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000293:injuries; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
Malignant; Mesothelioma; Paraplegia; Spinal; Subclavian artery