Spontaneous Termination of Spinal Myoclonus after Spinal Anesthesia: A Case Report

Abstract

Spinal myoclonus following neuraxial anesthesia isextremely rare. Herein, wereport onacase of spinal myoclonus after spinal anesthesia for elective colpocleisis with perineorrhaphy, in a 71-year-old woman. Sudden, brief, repetitive, and rhythmic hyperkinetic movement in both legs developed two hours after spinal injection with hyperbaric bupivacaine; which then spontaneously resolved after 45 minutes without leaving any neurologic deficit.

Keywords

• spinal anesthesia
• spinal myoclonus
• spinal segmental myoclonus