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Case Reports
. 1991 Oct;46(10):862-3.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1991.tb09603.x.

Paraplegia following coeliac plexus block

R T van Dongen  1 , B J Crul
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Case Reports

Paraplegia following coeliac plexus block

R T van Dongen et al. Anaesthesia. 1991 Oct.
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Abstract

A case is described in which a coeliac plexus block with alcohol 48%, performed under X ray control, resulted in paraplegia. Ischaemia of the spinal cord, due to damage to the arterial blood supply, was thought to be the cause.

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