'Shared spinal cord' scenario: Paraplegia following abdominal aortic surgery under combined general and epidural anaesthesia

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 646-649

  Rutter, S V ^a,b   Jeevananthan, V ^a   Souter, R ^a   Cowen, M J ^a  

^a MILTON KEYNES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Aortic aneurysm, abdominal; Complications, spinal cord, paraplegia; Regional, epidural

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; VECURONIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0032731156     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2346.1999.00562.x     Document Type: Article

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