Spinal Cord Infarction following Abdominal Surgery and Postoperative Epidural Analgaesia

Authors

Abdullah Al-Asmi, Departments of Medicine, College of Medicine & Health Sciences,Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
Rosanna John, Departments of Anaesthesia, College of Medicine & Health Sciences,Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
Ramachandiran Nandhagopal, Departments of Medicine, College of Medicine & Health Sciences,Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
Povathoor C. Jacob, Departments of Medicine, College of Medicine & Health Sciences,Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
Karin Nollain, Departments of Anaesthesia, College of Medicine & Health Sciences,Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
Rajeev Jain, Former affiliation: Department of Radiology & Molecular Imaging, College of Medicine & Health Sciences,Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman, Current affiliation: Department of Radiology, Medanta Medicity, Gurgaon, India

Abstract

schemic infarction is a rare cause of acute myelopathy. We report the case of a young woman admitted to Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman, who developed extensive spinal cord infarction in the setting of surgical evacuation and packing of liver haematoma and post-operative epidural analgesia. She had no vascular risk factors for stroke. The vascular mechanism underlying ischemic myelopathy and the relationship to abdominal surgery and epidural analgesia are discussed.

Publication Date

11-14-2010

First Page

396

Last Page

400

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Al-Asmi, Abdullah; John, Rosanna; Nandhagopal, Ramachandiran; Jacob, Povathoor C.; Nollain, Karin; and Jain, Rajeev (2010) "Spinal Cord Infarction following Abdominal Surgery and Postoperative Epidural Analgaesia," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal: Vol. 10: 396-400.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.1223