Persistent cauda equina syndrome after cesarean section under combined spinal-epidural anesthesia: A case report

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 520-523

  Chen, Xiubin ^a   Xu, Zhendong ^a   Lin, Rong ^a   Liu, Zhiqiang ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

C section; Cauda equina syndrome; Combined spinal and epidural anesthesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DELIVERY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT DURATION; URINE INCONTINENCE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FECAL INCONTINENCE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYRADICULOPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; TOXICITY AND INTOXICATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARACHNOIDITIS; BUPIVACAINE; CESAREAN SECTION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; POLYRADICULOPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84942295694     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: 18734529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2015.05.007     Document Type: Article

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