| Irreversible tetraplegia after tracheal resection. | |
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PMID: 8678662 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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The case of a 21-year-old woman without previous cervical pathology in whom irreversible tetraplegia developed after operation for tracheal stenosis is reported. After tracheal resection the neck was kept in extreme flexion and after extubation she was moved to a sitting position. The different causal agents that could produce the neurologic damage remain unclear, although we think that the combination of relative arterial hypotension secondary to the sitting position and disturbed autorregulation, caused by extreme neck flexion, could result in ischemic spinal cord injury. |
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Authors:
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J Domínguez; J J Rivas; R D Lobato; V Díaz; E Larrú |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Annals of thoracic surgery Volume: 62 ISSN: 0003-4975 ISO Abbreviation: Ann. Thorac. Surg. Publication Date: 1996 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1996-08-14 Completed Date: 1996-08-14 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 15030100R Medline TA: Ann Thorac Surg Country: UNITED STATES |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 278-80 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain. |
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Descriptor/Qualifier:
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Adult Female Humans Ischemia / etiology* Postoperative Complications / etiology* Posture Quadriplegia / etiology* Spinal Cord / blood supply* Tracheal Stenosis / surgery* |
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Comment In:
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Ann Thorac Surg. 1997 Aug;64(2):583
[PMID:
9262629
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