Spinal anaesthesia in a patient with post-spine surgery dural ectasia.
Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim
; 61(1): 47-50, 2014 Jan.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24135680
Dural sac ectasia is a very infrequent anatomical abnormality, usually caused by connective tissue diseases, as Marfan syndrome. Very few cases have been described being a consequence of a previous spine surgical procedure. We describe the case of an elderly patient who should be operated on twice due to sub-occlusive colon disease. Surgery was performed under spinal anaesthesia. A dural sac ectasia was suspected after the first procedure and the abdominal X-ray was reviewed. The characteristics of the anatomical alteration and the course of both anaesthetic procedures were described. X-ray and CT images were provided.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Complicações Pós-Operatórias
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Doenças do Colo Sigmoide
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Deiscência da Ferida Operatória
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Volvo Intestinal
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Dura-Máter
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Raquianestesia
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Aged80
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Espanha