Successful Treatment of a Patient with Delayed-Onset Paraplegia after Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair

Taketo Nakamura; Tokuhiro Yamada; Tadashi Matsuura; Katsuaki Tanaka; Tomoharu Funao; Kiyonobu Nishikawa

doi:10.11312/ccm.33.112

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Successful Treatment of a Patient with Delayed-Onset Paraplegia after Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair

Taketo Nakamura, Tokuhiro Yamada, Tadashi Matsuura, Katsuaki Tanaka, Tomoharu Funao, Kiyonobu Nishikawa

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2012 Volume 33 Issue 2 Pages 112-114

DOI https://doi.org/10.11312/ccm.33.112

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Abstract

A 60-year old man developed paraplegia three hours after thoracic endovascular aortic repair under general anesthesia for distal aortic arch aneurysm. This delayed-onset paraplegia was suspected to be due to a steal effect on the spinal small end arteries. The symptom was successfully alleviated by rapid lumbar cerebrospinal fluid drainage.

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