Postoperative paraplegia secondary to the use of oxidized cellulose (Surgicel)

Marion C W Henry; David B Tashjian; Hahnah Kasowski; Charles Duncan; R Lawrence Moss

doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.01.032

Postoperative paraplegia secondary to the use of oxidized cellulose (Surgicel)

J Pediatr Surg. 2005 Apr;40(4):E9-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.01.032.

Authors

Marion C W Henry¹, David B Tashjian, Hahnah Kasowski, Charles Duncan, R Lawrence Moss

Affiliation

¹ Section of Pediatric Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8062, USA.

PMID: 15852266
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.01.032

Abstract

Iatrogenic paraplegia after thoracic surgery is a devastating complication. In this report, the authors present a case of paraplegia in a toddler after the resection of a mediastinal neuroblastoma. In this case, the paraplegia was caused by spinal cord compression after migration of oxidized cellulose into the spinal canal.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cellulose, Oxidized / adverse effects*
Cellulose, Oxidized / therapeutic use
Female
Foreign-Body Migration
Humans
Iatrogenic Disease
Infant
Mediastinal Neoplasms / surgery
Neuroblastoma / surgery
Paraplegia / chemically induced*
Postoperative Complications / chemically induced*
Spinal Cord Compression / complications
Spinal Cord Compression / etiology*

Substances

Cellulose, Oxidized
Surgicel