Foot drop on the opposite side after spinal anesthesia for ankle fracture surgery: a case report
| Title: | Foot drop on the opposite side after spinal anesthesia for ankle fracture surgery: a case report |
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| Authors: | Wendong Zhang, Xingxing Ma, Jiaxin Chen |
| Source: | Journal of International Medical Research, Vol 51 (2023) |
| Publisher Information: | SAGE Publishing, 2023. |
| Publication Year: | 2023 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine (General) |
| Subject Terms: | Medicine (General), R5-920 |
| More Details: | Neurological complications after spinal anesthesia have been rarely reported. Persistent neurological dysfunction due to spinal cord or nerve root injury is a serious complication of lumbar anesthesia and manifests as leg pain, numbness, and weakness after initial recovery from anesthesia. We herein report a case of foot drop on the opposite side after spinal anesthesia for ankle fracture surgery. The patient’s symptoms completely disappeared after 3 months, and we consider that her neurological complications were likely caused by the neurotoxicity of local anesthetics. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1473-2300 03000605 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1473-2300 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/03000605231153601 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/4d7f1d97dbea4320b35ed2dae6c1afcd |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.4d7f1d97dbea4320b35ed2dae6c1afcd |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 14732300 03000605 |
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| DOI: | 10.1177/03000605231153601 |
| Published in: | Journal of International Medical Research |
| Language: | English |