Paraplegia following coeliac plexus block
- 1 October 1991
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Anaesthesia
- Vol. 46 (10), 862-863
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.1991.tb09603.x
Abstract
A case is described in which a coeliac plexus block with alcohol 48%, performed under X ray control, resulted in paraplegia. Ischaemia of the spinal cord, due to damage to the arterial blood supply, was thought to be the cause.Keywords
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