Foot drop on the opposite side after spinal anesthesia for ankle fracture surgery: a case report

Neurological complications after spinal anesthesia have been rarely reported. Persistent neurological dysfunction due to spinal cord or nerve root injury is a serious complication of lumbar anesthesia and manifests as leg pain, numbness, and weakness after initial recovery from anesthesia. We herein...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Zhang, Wendong, Ma, Xingxing, Chen, Jiaxin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2023
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9947685/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03000605231153601
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Sumario:Neurological complications after spinal anesthesia have been rarely reported. Persistent neurological dysfunction due to spinal cord or nerve root injury is a serious complication of lumbar anesthesia and manifests as leg pain, numbness, and weakness after initial recovery from anesthesia. We herein report a case of foot drop on the opposite side after spinal anesthesia for ankle fracture surgery. The patient’s symptoms completely disappeared after 3 months, and we consider that her neurological complications were likely caused by the neurotoxicity of local anesthetics.

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