Browse by author
Lookup NU author(s): Dr Christine Baudouin
Full text for this publication is not currently held within this repository. Alternative links are provided below where available.
A patient developed persistent symptoms and signs suggestive of partial spinal cord infarction after an operation involving the use of the hyperlordotic position. This position involves extension at the waist, such that both the head and feet are below the level of the waist. It is employed to increase surgical access to the abdomen. Where this position is adopted for a prolonged surgical procedure, existing risk factors for spinal cord ischaemia should urge caution in the use of epidural analgesia.
Author(s): Roberts DRD, Roe J, Baudouin C
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: British Journal of Anaesthesia
Year: 2003
Volume: 90
Issue: 6
Pages: 797-800
ISSN (print): 0007-0912
ISSN (electronic): 1471-6771
Publisher: Oxford University Press
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bja/aeg136
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg136
Altmetrics provided by Altmetric