Weaning failure due to isolated residual diaphragmatic paralysis after cervical spinal cord ischemia following aortic surgery- a case report.

Autor: Overbeek R; Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937, Cologne, Germany. Remco.overbeek@uk-koeln.de., Behrens A; Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937, Cologne, Germany., Zopfs D; Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Cologne, 50937, Cologne, Germany., Mylonas S; Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937, Cologne, Germany., Dorweiler B; Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937, Cologne, Germany., Dusse F; Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937, Cologne, Germany., Böttiger BW; Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937, Cologne, Germany., Stoll SE; Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937, Cologne, Germany.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC anesthesiology [BMC Anesthesiol] 2024 Jul 17; Vol. 24 (1), pp. 241. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 17.
DOI: 10.1186/s12871-024-02626-2
Abstrakt: Background: Bilateral diaphragmatic dysfunction can lead to dyspnea and recurrent respiratory failure. In rare cases, it may result from high cervical spinal cord ischemia (SCI) due to anterior spinal artery syndrome (ASAS). We present a case of a patient experiencing persistent isolated diaphragmatic paralysis after SCI at level C3/C4 following thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for Kommerell's diverticulum. This is, to our knowledge, the first documented instance of a patient fully recovering from tetraplegia due to SCI while still exhibiting ongoing bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis.
Case Presentation: The patient, a 67-year-old male, presented to the Vascular Surgery Department for surgical treatment of symptomatic Kommerell's diverticulum in an aberrant right subclavian artery. After successful surgery in two stages, the patient presented with respiratory insufficiency and flaccid tetraparesis consistent with anterior spinal artery syndrome with maintained sensibility of all extremities. A computerized tomography scan (CT) revealed a high-grade origin stenosis of the left vertebral artery, which was treated by angioplasty and balloon-expandable stenting. Consecutively, the tetraparesis immediately resolved, but weaning remained unsuccessful requiring tracheostomy. Abdominal ultrasound revealed a residual bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis. A repeated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) 14 days after vertebral artery angioplasty confirmed SCI at level C3/C4. The patient was transferred to a pulmonary clinic with weaning center for further recovery.
Conclusions: This novel case highlights the need to consider diaphragmatic paralysis due to SCI as a cause of respiratory failure in patients following aortic surgery. Diaphragmatic paralysis may remain as an isolated residual in these patients.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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