Acute Motor Weakness of Opposite Lower Extremity after Percutaneous Epidural Neuroplasty
The Korean Journal of Pain
;
: 144-147, 2015.
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em Inglês
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| ID: wpr-164805
ABSTRACT
Recently, percutaneous epidural neuroplasty has become widely used to treat radicular pain caused by spinal stenosis or a herniated intervertebral disc. A 19-year-old female patient suffering from left radicular pain caused by an L4-L5 intervertebral disc herniation underwent percutaneous epidural neuroplasty of the left L5 nerve root using a Racz catheter. After the procedure, the patient complained of acute motor weakness in the right lower leg, on the opposite site to where the neuroplasty was conducted. Emergency surgery was performed, and swelling of the right L5 nerve root was discovered. The patient recovered her motor and sensory functions immediately after the surgery. Theoretically, the injection of a large volume of fluid in a patient with severe spinal stenosis during epidural neuroplasty can increase the pressure on the opposite side of the epidural space, which may cause injury of the opposite nerve by barotrauma from a closed compartment. Practitioners should be aware of this potential complication.
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Assunto principal:
Sensação
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Estenose Espinal
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Barotrauma
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Constrição Patológica
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Extremidade Inferior
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Emergências
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Espaço Epidural
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Catéteres
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Hemiplegia
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Disco Intervertebral
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
The Korean Journal of Pain
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
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