Spinal Cord Infarction following Abdominal Surgery and Postoperative Epidural Analgaesia

Spinal Cord Infarction following Abdominal Surgery and Postoperative Epidural Analgaesia

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schemic infarction is a rare cause of acute myelopathy.We report the case jolly rancher lemonade stand 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 viqua-f4 relationship to abdominal surgery and epidural analgesia are discussed.