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Abstract
schemic infarction is a rare cause of acute myelopathy. We report the case of a young woman admitted to Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman, who developed extensive spinal cord infarction in the setting of surgical evacuation and packing of liver haematoma and post-operative epidural analgesia. She had no vascular risk factors for stroke. The vascular mechanism underlying ischemic myelopathy and the relationship to abdominal surgery and epidural analgesia are discussed.
Keywords
Myelopathy
Spinal cord infarction
Abdominal surgery
Epidural analgesia
Magnetic resonance imaging
Liver hematoma
Liver packing
Radiculomedullary artery
Case report
Oman
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Al-Asmi, A., John, R., Nandhagopal, R., Jacob, P. C., Nollain, K., & Jain, R. (2010). Spinal Cord Infarction following Abdominal Surgery and Postoperative Epidural Analgaesia. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 10(3), 396–400. Retrieved from https://journals.squ.edu.om/index.php/squmj/article/view/1530