Spinal cord infarction following abdominal surgery and postoperative epidural analgesia

Abstract EN

Ischemic infarction is a rare cause of acute myelopathy.

We report the case of a young woman admitted to Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman, who developed extensive spinal cord infarction in the setting of surgical evacuation and packing of liver haematoma and post-operative epidural analgesia.

She had no vascular risk factors for stroke.

The vascular mechanism underlying ischemic myelopathy and the relationship to abdominal surgery and epidural analgesia are discussed.