Neurological Complication After Spinal Anaesthesia: A Case Report

Fagbohun Omolola; Opara Chukwuma

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Neurological Complication After Spinal Anaesthesia: A Case Report

Fagbohun Omolola, Opara Chukwuma

Published in World Journal of Public Health (Volume 7, Issue 2)

Received: 2 April 2022 Accepted: 28 April 2022 Published: 10 May 2022

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Abstract

Background: Neurological complications following spinal anaesthesia are rare and often transient. It is difficult to ascertain the aetiology in most cases although needle trauma and local anaesthetic toxicity has been implicated. Patient often present with abnormal sensation, reduced power in the affected limb, sensory impairment and unilateral movement disorders of the affected limb. It usually resolves within a short interval without any definitive treatment. However presence of a neurological symptom post sub arachnoid block could herald a disastrous neurological complication. We present the case of a 35 year old booked (G2P1) lady who had emergency caesarean section under spinal anesthesia and developed foot drop and weakness in the left lower limb post surgery. We report this case to increase awareness on rare neurological complications such as foot drop following spinal anaesthesia which is hardly documented as a known complication of sub arachnoid block in our environment.

Published in	World Journal of Public Health (Volume 7, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.wjph.20220702.15
Page(s)	67-69
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Caesarean Section, Spinal Anaesthesia, Neurological Complications, Foot Drop

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Fagbohun Omolola, Opara Chukwuma. Neurological Complication After Spinal Anaesthesia: A Case Report. World J Public Health. 2022;7(2):67-69. doi: 10.11648/j.wjph.20220702.15

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Fagbohun Omolola

Department of Anaesthesia, Lagos State University College of Medicine and Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Nigeria
Opara Chukwuma

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Alimosho General Hospital, Igando, Nigeria

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Fagbohun Omolola, Opara Chukwuma. (2022). Neurological Complication After Spinal Anaesthesia: A Case Report. World Journal of Public Health, 7(2), 67-69. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.wjph.20220702.15

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Fagbohun Omolola; Opara Chukwuma. Neurological Complication After Spinal Anaesthesia: A Case Report. World J. Public Health 2022, 7(2), 67-69. doi: 10.11648/j.wjph.20220702.15

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Fagbohun Omolola, Opara Chukwuma. Neurological Complication After Spinal Anaesthesia: A Case Report. World J Public Health. 2022;7(2):67-69. doi: 10.11648/j.wjph.20220702.15

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