Abad C, Martí M, Marrero L, Antúnez M L, Suárez P
Servicio de Cirugía Cardiovascular del Hospital N. S. Pino, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Cir Pediatr. 1993 Apr;6(2):84-7.
The cases of two girls with 4 and 7 years of age presented. They had a patent ductus and an aortic coarcation which were subsequently surgically repaired. After the operation paraplegia was diagnosed. With rehabilitation they are able to walk, however paraparexis persist. Anatomy of the arterial irrigation of the spinal cord is reviewed and also the pathophysiology and mechanisms of medullar ischemia.
