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Anesth Analg 2002;95:1451-1453
© 2002 International Anesthesia Research Society

GENERAL ARTICLES

Lateral Medullary Syndrome After Prone Position for General Surgery

Ya-Chun Chu, MD PhD, Shen-Kou Tsai, MD PhD, Kwok-Hon Chan, MD, Sheng-Chin Kao, MD, Ching-Huang Liang, MD, and Su-Man Lin, MD

Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei-Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Address Correspondence and reprint requests to Su-Man Lin, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, 11221, Taiwan. Address e-mail to sm_lin{at}vghtpe.gov.tw

IMPLICATIONS: We describe postoperative lateral medullary syndrome with myoclonic spasm. Improper head rotation during positioning in the anesthetized patient might obstruct the flow of the vertebral artery at the neck and result in diminished perfusion of the associated regions in patients with a history of cervical spinal trauma.




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