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Acute postoperative myelopathy caused by spontaneous developed cervical disc herniation: Case report & literature review

수술후 자연발생 경추간판탈출에 의한 척수병증: 증례보고 및 문헌고찰

  • Lee, Jeong-Woo (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Keun Hyeong (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Ju-Hwan (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain medicine, Wonkwang University College of Medicine)
  • 이정우 (전북대학교 의과대학 마취통증의학과) ;
  • 이근형 (전북대학교 의과대학 마취통증의학과) ;
  • 이주환 (원광대학교 의과대학 마취통증의학과)
  • Received : 2019.08.22
  • Accepted : 2019.10.04
  • Published : 2019.10.31

Abstract

Non-traumatic acute myelopathy caused by cervical disc herniation is rare. To date, no case has been reported to be caused by extrusion cervical disc herniation, unrelated to patient posture during surgery. Here, we report the case of a 65-year-old male patient with cervical myelopathy who underwent subsequent arthroscopic rotator cuff surgery under general anesthesia; non-cervical spine surgery. Ed. Notes: I am unable to understand the insertion of the highlighted phrase. Please delete if not required, or revise the sentence appropriately. Patient showed acute postoperative tetraplegia in spite of optimal anesthetic management. He showed no limitation of neck movement at pre-operative airway evaluation, and had no history of trauma to the cervical spine. During surgery, there had been no overextension or twisting of the neck, including at the time of anesthetic induction by tracheal intubation. However, cervical disc herniation causing spinal canal cord compression was detected in the postoperative magnetic resonance imaging, which probably resulted in tetraplegia of the patient. Motor and sensory functions were recovered after 21 days of conservative treatment, including steroid pulse intravenous therapy without any surgical intervention. In this report, the disease is described after reviewing other reported cases; furthermore, we also discuss the pathophysiology of the disease. Based on our report, we propose that under general anesthesia, clinicians should pay attention to the possibility of pre-existing cervical disease, even in non-cervical spine surgeries of geriatric patients.

65세 남자환자에서 전신마취하 관절경 어깨 수술후 갑자기 발생한 사지 마비 증례를 보고하고자 한다. 환자는 술 후 급격한 사지 마비 증상을 보였으며 마취 관리상 특별한 문제는 없었다. 환자의 수술시 자세와 관련하여 마취 유도시에 기관삽관을 위한 과도한 경추 신전은 시행되지 않았으며 수술중 자세에서도 경추부의 과도한 회전이나 신전 또한 진행되지 않았다. 그러나 수술이 종료된 후 근이완의 완전한 회복과 의식 및 자발호흡은 확인되었으나 사지 마비 증상 및 배뇨장애 증상을 보였다. 신속히 시행한 경추부 자기공명 영상에서 경추간판에 의한 척수 신경 압박 소견 보이는 척추성 경추증 증상을 보였다. 환자는 21일간의 고농도 스테로이드 정주 요법을 포함한 보존적 치료 후에 감각 및 운동신경의 완전한 회복을 보이고 다른 신경학적 이상 소견은 보이지 않은 채로 퇴원하였다. 외상과 관련 없이 사지 마비로 나타나는 수술후 척추성 경추증의 발생은 흔하지 않다. 본 증례를 통해 수술후 발생한 비외상성 척추성 경추증 발생에 대해 타 증례 보고와 비교 분석하여 고찰해 보고자 한다. 임상 의사는 60세 이상의 노년층에서의 수술후 사지 마비에 대해 척추성 경추증의 원인 기여에 대해서도 고려하기를 권고한다.

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