Hyperbaric oxygenation treatment of acute paraplegia after resection of a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm

V Puttaswamy; M Bennett; J E Frawley

doi:10.1016/s0741-5214(99)70057-1

Hyperbaric oxygenation treatment of acute paraplegia after resection of a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm

J Vasc Surg. 1999 Dec;30(6):1158-61. doi: 10.1016/s0741-5214(99)70057-1.

Authors

V Puttaswamy¹, M Bennett, J E Frawley

Affiliation

¹ Department of Vascular and Transplantation Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

PMID: 10587403
DOI: 10.1016/s0741-5214(99)70057-1

Abstract

Acute spinal cord ischemic injury after resection of thoracoabdominal aneurysm remains a relatively common and potentially devastating complication. The complete resolution of postoperative paraplegia after resection of a type II thoracoabdominal aneurysm, after treatment with hyperbaric oxygenation, is reported.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery*
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
Humans
Hyperbaric Oxygenation*
Ischemia / therapy
Male
Middle Aged
Paraplegia / therapy*
Postoperative Complications / therapy*
Spinal Cord / blood supply
Treatment Outcome