Spinal Cord Injury Occurred during the Brachial Plexus lock in a Patient with Ankylosing pondylitis: A case report .
10.4097/kjae.1998.34.5.1051
- Author:
Dong Gi JANG
1
;
Won Young CHANG
;
So Young YOON
;
Kyung Bae KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology, Seoul Adventist Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Anesthetic techniques, regional: interscalene brachial plexus;
Complications: spinal cord injury;
Disease: ankylosing spondylitis
- MeSH:
Anesthesia, Spinal;
Brachial Plexus*;
Head;
Heart Arrest;
Horner Syndrome;
Humans;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Phrenic Nerve;
Pneumothorax;
Quadriplegia;
Shoulder;
Spinal Cord Injuries*;
Spinal Cord*;
Spondylitis, Ankylosing;
Upper Extremity
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
1998;34(5):1051-1054
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The brachial plexus block by interscalene approach is useful for any procedure on upper extremity, including the shoulder. Complications such as phrenic nerve block, Horner's syndrome, permanent neurologic damage, high epidural block, total spinal anesthesia, pneumothorax and cardiac arrest etc. were reported. We experienced a case of 56-year old male patient with ankylosing spondylitis who developed cervical spinal cord injury following the turning of head for brachial plexus block by interscalene approach. The patient developed quadriplegia and finally died after 28 days.
