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Intraspinal hypotension syndrome presents as transient quadriplegia.

Miki KatzirSvetlana TovAyelet EranGill E Sviri
Published in: British journal of neurosurgery (2016)
Intracranial hypotension can be a complication of epidural anaesthesia. Pure clinical spinal hypotension manifesting as acute transient quadriplegia following epidural anaesthesia is a severe, life-threatening complication that have not been described before. This complication can be solved with an epidural blood patch; thus, it should be familiar to doctors across all specialities.
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