Accidental conus medullaris injury following combined epidural and spinal anesthesia in a pregnant w

• 作 者: XUE Ji-xiu LI Bing LAN Fei
• 机 构: Department of Anesthesiology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China
• 出 处: 中华医学杂志（英文版）
• 发表日期: 2013年6期
• 关键词: anesthesia epidural anesthesia spinal tethered cord syndrome conus medullaris

In most adults,the conus medullaris ends at around the inferior margin of the first lumbar (L1) vertebral body)However,location of terminus of the conus medullaris is variable and even extends more distally in patients with diseases such as tethered cord syndrome (TCS).Here,we reported a conus medullaris injury following combined spinal and epidural anesthesia (CSEA) in a pregnant woman with unknown TCS.