Caudi equina syndrome and profound hearing loss after spinal anesthesia with isobaric bupivacaine

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1863-1864

  Moussa, Traore ^a   Abdoulaye, Diallo ^b   Youssouf, Coulibaly ^b   Oumar, Guinto Cheick ^b   Karim, Timbo Samba ^b   Traore, Thomas Jeannette ^b  

^a Point G Hospital   (Mali)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; SPINOCAN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; FECES INCONTINENCE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; NEEDLE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARALYSIS; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM SURGERY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; URINE INCONTINENCE; CAUDA EQUINA; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RADICULOPATHY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CAUDA EQUINA; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; POLYRADICULOPATHY;

EID: 33744462840     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000216037.69269.60     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Kubina P, Gupta A, Oscarsson A, et al. Two cases of cauda equina syndrome following spinal-epidural anesthesia. Reg Anesth 1997;22:447-50.
2. Ifuku Y, Iwagaki T, Irie J, et al. Cauda equina syndrome following intrathecal dibucaine. Masui 2004;53:396-8.
3. Aromaa U, Lahdensuu M, Cozanitis DA. Severe complications associated with epidural and spinal anaesthesias in Finland 1987-1993: a study based on patient insurance claims. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 1997;41:445-52.
4. Naessens M, Kuhweide R, Ampe W. Hearing loss following lumbar puncture: Case report and literature study. Acta Otorhinolaryngol Belg 1994;48:351-5.
5. Hussain SS, Heard CM, Bembridge JL. Hearing loss following spinal anaesthesia with bupivacaine. Clin Otolaryngol 1996;21: 449-54.
6. Kilickan L, Gurkan Y, Ozkarakas H. Permanent sensorineural hearing loss following spinal anesthesia. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2002;46:1155-7.
7. Moen V, Dahlgren N, Irestedt L. Severe neurological complications after central neuraxial blockades in Sweden 1990-1999. Anesthesiology 2004;101:950-9.
8. Fog J, Wang LP, Sundberg A, Mucchiano C. Hearing loss after spinal anesthesia is related to needle size. Anesth Analg 1990; 70:517-22.
9. Loo CC, Irested L. Cauda equina syndrome after spinal anaesthesia with hyperbaric 5% lignocaine: a review of six cases of cauda equina syndrome reported to the Swedish Pharmaceutical Insurance 1993-1997. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 1999;43:371-9.
10. Navarro JL, Soria A, Herrera P, Montero R. Cauda equina syndrome after intradural anesthesia with bupivacaine. Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim 2001;48:337-9.
11. Lopez-Soriano F, Lajarin B, Verdu JM, et al. Cauda equina hemisyndrome after intradural anesthesia with bupivacaine for hip surgery. Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim 2002;49:494-6.
12. Gultekin S, Yilmaz N, Ceyhan A, et al. The effect of different anaesthetic agents in hearing loss following spinal anaesthesia. Eur J Anaesthesiol 1998;15:61-3.
13. Kilickan L, Gurkan Y, Aydin O, et al. The effect of combined spinal-epidural (CSE) anaesthesia and size of spinal needle on postoperative hearing loss after elective caesarean section. Clin Otolaryngol Allied Sci 2003;8:267-72.
14. Irvin SM., Sensorineural hearing loss after select procedures. J Perianesth Nurs 2002;17:89-98.
15. Cosar A, Yetiser S, Sizlan A, et al. Hearing impairment associated with spinal anesthesia. Acta Otolaryngol 2004;124:1159-64.
16. Merchant SN, Adams JC, Nadol JB Jr. Pathophysiology of Ménière's syndrome: are symptoms caused by endolymphatic hydrops? Otol Neurotol 2005;26:74-81.
17. Minor LB, Schessel DA, Carey JP. Meniere's disease. Curr Opin Neurol 2004;17:9-16.
18. Gültekin S, Özcan S. Does hearing loss after spinal anesthesia differ between young and elderly patients? Anesth Analg 2002; 94:1318-20.
19. Pleym H, Spigset O. Peripheralneurologic deficits in relation to subarachnoid or epidural administration of local anesthetics for surgery: a survey of 21 cases. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 1997;41: 453-460.
20. Yorozu T, Matsumoto M, Hayashi S, et al. Dibucaine for spinal anesthesia is a probable risk for cauda equina syndrome [in Japanese]. Masui 2002;51:1151-4.
21. Biboulet P, Capdevila X, Aubas P, et al. Causes and prediction of maldistribution during continuous spinal anesthesia with isobaric or hyperbaric bupivacaine. Anesthesiology 1998;88: 1487-94.
22. Tripathi M, Nath SS, Gupta RK. Paraplegia after intracord injection during attempted epidural steroid injection in an awake-patient. Anesth Analg 2005;101:1209-11.
23. Tsui BC, Armstrong K. Can direct spinal cord injury occur without paresthesia? A report of delayed spinal cord injury after epidural placement in an awake patient. Anesth Analg 2005;101: 1212-4.