Spinal Analgesia and Cauda Equina Lesions.

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Recurrent Transverse Myelitis After Lumbar Spine Surgery

“…Perioperative transverse myelitis after spinal or epidural anesthesia has been reported to occur. 6,7 A specific etiology could not be identified in the reported case. Although no prior infection could be identified, the patient showed evidence of ascending spinal cord dysfunction with profound neurologic deficit during both episodes.…”

Transverse Myelitis

“…The association between TM and general anesthesia is debatable. [409][410][411][412][413][414][415] Heroin Although most of cases of myelopathy in heroin addicts result from anterior spinal artery infarction, there are reports of TM. [416][417][418][419] Benzene 420 Brown recluse spider bite Incomplete TM (anterior spinal syndrome), responsive to corticosteroid therapy.…”

Transverse myelitis following general and epidural anaesthesia in a paediatric patient

“…In our patient, transverse myelitis developed within 2 weeks of general and epidural anaesthesia. Both of these anaesthetic techniques have been reported as causing transverse myelitis [1–6].…”

“…Moreover, in paediatric patients, regional anaesthesia is frequently combined with general anaesthesia. Historically, transverse myelitis has been attributed to the use of spinal [1] and epidural [2] anaesthesia, although other forms of myelopathies have been reported following general anaesthesia [3–5]. In 1993, Gutowski & Davies [6] reported a case of transverse myelitis following general anaesthesia in the absence of local anaesthesia.…”