| Myoclonus following Spinal Anesthesia with Hyperbaric Bupivacaine: A case report. |
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Soo Kyung Lee, Jin Woo Shin, Jong Sung Im, Young Mi Kim, Ji Hyun Park, Hyun Choi, Hyun Soo Moon |
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Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Anyang, Korea. agnetask@yahoo.co.kr |
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| Abstract |
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Myoclonus is a rare neurologic complication of spinal anesthesia.We describe here a case of spinal segmental myoclonus that we encountered in a 45-year-old woman following spinal anesthesia. Spinal anesthesia was performed using 2.4 section sign cent of 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine without any complications and surgery was uneventful.However, myoclonic movements were observed in her lower extremities 2 hours after the intrathecal injection.
These movements were ameliorated by intravenous injection of diazepam. The patient fully recovered without any neurologic sequelae. |
| Key Words:
bupivacaine; myoclonus; spinal anesthesia |
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