[Spinal cord ischemia after bronchial artery embolization and right thoracotomy].
REVISTA ESPANOLA DE ANESTESIOLOGIA Y REANIMACION 2009;
56:562-564. [PMID:
20112547 DOI:
10.1016/s0034-9356(09)70458-x]
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Abstract
Bronchial artery embolization was attempted several times in a 74-year-old man undergoing right pneumonectomy for persistent hemoptysis. Paraplegia developed after surgery. Both thoracotomy for lung surgery and bronchial artery embolization have been reported to cause spinal cord ischemia. We analyze the possible mechanisms through which such ischemia may develop.
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