Acute cauda equina syndrome following orthopedic procedures as a result of epidural anesthesia
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Cauda equina syndrome following combined spinal and epidural anesthesia: a case report.
PURPOSE To describe a case of complete neurological recovery from cauda equina syndrome lasting ten months following spinal anesthesia with 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine and epidural anesthesia with ropivacaine, and to discuss the possible mechanisms involved. CLINICAL FINDINGS A 79-yr-old man with Paget's disease was scheduled for surgery to remove a skin tumour below his scrotum. He had no hi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Surgical Neurology International
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2152-7806
DOI: 10.4103/sni.sni_492_17