Publication at First Faculty of Medicine |
2008
Abstract
Authors present the case of a patient who suffered the blunt thoracic trauma. In the clinical picture there dominated the paraplegia of both the lower extremities.
Due to the weakened breathing on the right side the urgent thoracic drainage was performed. For circulation instability and amount of blood passing out of the drain an urgent thoracotomy was indicated even prior to the CT or MRI.
During the operation bleeding from the Adamkiewecz's artery was spotted and sanated. After the postoperative stabilization the CT and MRI investigations proved the spinal cord ischemia as a case of the local damage.