Transient profound neurologic deficit associated with thoracic epidural analgesia in an elderly patient

Anesthesiology. 2004 Dec;101(6):1470-1. doi: 10.1097/00000542-200412000-00031.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Analgesia, Epidural / adverse effects*
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
  • Epidural Neoplasms / complications
  • Female
  • Heparin / therapeutic use
  • Hernia, Hiatal / surgery
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Nervous System Diseases / etiology*
  • Paralysis / etiology
  • Venous Thrombosis / prevention & control

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Heparin