Postoperative manifestations in two cases of undiagnosed meningioma
Undiagnosed cerebral and spinal meningiomas can give rise to grave post anaesthetic and postoperative complications. Here we present two such cases in which paraparesis after a spinal anaesthetic occurred in one case and medullary coning resulting in respiratory failure and death in the second case.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2006-10-01
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| Series: | The Indian Anaesthetists' Forum |
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| Online Access: | http://www.theiaforum.org/Article_Folder/postoperative-manifestations-undiagnosed-meningioma.pdf |