Irreversible spinal cord injury as a complication of subarachnoid ethanol neurolysis.

Autor: McGarvey ML; Departments of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. mlmcgarv@mail.med.upenn.edu, Ferrante FM, Patel RS, Maljian JA, Stecker M
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Neurology [Neurology] 2000 Apr 11; Vol. 54 (7), pp. 1522-4.
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.54.7.1522
Abstrakt: Subarachnoid neurolysis using ethanol to destroy selectively the posterior roots of the spinal cord is a method for providing pain relief in patients with advanced cancer. Weakness of the extremities is a complication of the procedure that has been attributed to spread of the neurolytic agent to the anterior roots. The authors provide evidence of spinal cord injury as a cause of lower extremity weakness in a patient after subarachnoid ethanol neurolysis.
Databáze: MEDLINE