American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 340-342 , September 2009

Paraplegia after mastoidectomy under general anesthesia

  • Rafael Ortega, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Anesthesiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 88 East Newton Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA. Tel.: +1 617 638 6950; fax: +1 617 638 6959.
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  • Suzuko Suzuki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Pavan Sekhar, BA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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  • John R. Stram, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Sundara K. Rengasamy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

Received 3 March 2008

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☆ Financial Support: Department of Anesthesiology Boston University School of Medicine.

PII: S0196-0709(08)00117-8

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.06.002

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 340-342 , September 2009

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