Spinal Cord Infarction following Abdominal Surgery and Postoperative Epidural Analgaesia

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