Woodham M J, Hanna M H
Pain Relief Unit, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London.
Anaesthesia. 1989 Jun;44(6):487-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1989.tb11376.x.
A case is described in which paraplegia followed a coeliac plexus block performed using 90% alcohol under X ray screening. The likely cause was an ischaemic injury to the cord secondary to damage to the artery of Adamkiewicz. This rare complication seems difficult to avoid.