Cauda equina syndrome after repeated spinal attempts: A case report and review of the literature

Spinal and epidural blocks are widely used for cesarean section. Spinal hematoma causing cauda equina syndrome is a rare complication after spinal anesthesia (SA), but can lead to severe neurological deficit. It is usually associated with difficult SA and requires surgical decompression in most of t...

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Autores principales: Goyal, Lajya Devi, Kaur, Haramritpal, Singh, Amandeep
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4374233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25829916
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1658-354X.152892
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description Spinal and epidural blocks are widely used for cesarean section. Spinal hematoma causing cauda equina syndrome is a rare complication after spinal anesthesia (SA), but can lead to severe neurological deficit. It is usually associated with difficult SA and requires surgical decompression in most of the cases.
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spelling pubmed-43742332015-04-01 Cauda equina syndrome after repeated spinal attempts: A case report and review of the literature Goyal, Lajya Devi Kaur, Haramritpal Singh, Amandeep Saudi J Anaesth Case Report Spinal and epidural blocks are widely used for cesarean section. Spinal hematoma causing cauda equina syndrome is a rare complication after spinal anesthesia (SA), but can lead to severe neurological deficit. It is usually associated with difficult SA and requires surgical decompression in most of the cases. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4374233/ /pubmed/25829916 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1658-354X.152892 Text en Copyright: © Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Cauda equina syndrome after repeated spinal attempts: A case report and review of the literature
title_fullStr Cauda equina syndrome after repeated spinal attempts: A case report and review of the literature
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title_short Cauda equina syndrome after repeated spinal attempts: A case report and review of the literature
title_sort cauda equina syndrome after repeated spinal attempts: a case report and review of the literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4374233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25829916
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1658-354X.152892
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