• Anesthesia and analgesia · Apr 2007

    Multicenter Study

    Severe and long-lasting complications of the nerve root and spinal cord after central neuraxial blockade.

    • Mathieu-Panchoa de Sèze, François Sztark, Gérard Janvier, and Pierre-Alain Joseph.
    • Neurological Rehabilitation Unit, Pellegrin Hospital, Bordeaux, France. madeseze@club-internet.fr
    • Anesth. Analg. 2007 Apr 1;104(4):975-9.

    BackgroundAlthough rare, major complications after spinal and epidural anesthesia do occur. We report the complications after central neuraxial blockade occurring in 2000 in France.MethodsA retrospective questionnaire study was sent to all French rehabilitation centers to detail severe and long-lasting neurologic complications after central neuraxial blockade.ResultsAll specialized and 44% of the nonspecialized centers answered. Twelve cases, nine women and three men, were noted, 60% of which involved patients over 50 yr of age. All patients still had neurological deficits after 3 mo. Seven received spinal anesthesia, four had epidural anesthesia, and one had both procedures. Hemorrhagic lesions were found in only three patients. Among the nine other patients, anatomic abnormalities were common, including five instances of lumbar canal stenosis and two with spinal arachnoid cysts.ConclusionsThese findings suggest the influence of underlying spinal conditions in these complications.

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