[Spinal cord ischemia after bronchial artery embolization and right thoracotomy]. / Isquemia de médula espinal tras embolización de arteria bronquial y toracotomía derecha.

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.