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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jun 2008
Case ReportsParaplegia after thoracotomy under combined general and epidural anesthesia in a child.
- C E Allison, D C Aronson, V G M Geukers, R van den Berg, W S Schlack, and M W Hollmann.
- Department of Anesthesiology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. c.e.allison@amc.uva.nl
- Paediatr Anaesth. 2008 Jun 1;18(6):539-42.
AbstractA 9-year-old boy underwent a thoracotomy for excision of his right third rib under combined general and epidural anesthesia for a Ewings sarcoma. Postoperatively, he was found to have a complete T2-3 paraplegia. Permanent paraplegia was described as a rare complication of thoracotomy in adults, and very rarely after epidural analgesia in adults and babies. This was the first report in a child.
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