Unilateral Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsy Following C/S as a Complication of Spinal Anaesthesia

Unilateral Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsy Following C/S as a Complication of Spinal Anaesthesia

Cranial nerve palsy (CNP) is a rare complication following lumbar puncture, which is a common procedure used most often for diagnostic and anaesthetic purposes. The sixth cranial (abducens) nerve is the most commonly affected cranial nerve. We report a case of unilateral sixth nerve palsy after spin...

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Veröffentlicht in:Turkish Journal of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation 2014-06, Vol.42 (3), p.151-153
Hauptverfasser: Adaklı, Barış, Özgencil, Enver, Özünlü, Gülen Nevin, Aybar, Refiye Selin, Uysalel, Asuman
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Cranial nerve palsy (CNP) is a rare complication following lumbar puncture, which is a common procedure used most often for diagnostic and anaesthetic purposes. The sixth cranial (abducens) nerve is the most commonly affected cranial nerve. We report a case of unilateral sixth nerve palsy after spinal anaesthesia that improved immediately after an epidural blood patch (EBP).
ISSN:2149-0937
1304-0871
2667-677X
1305-614X
2667-6370
2149-276X
DOI:10.5152/TJAR.2014.52724