Journal of The Showa Medical Association
Online ISSN : 2185-0976
Print ISSN : 0037-4342
ISSN-L : 0037-4342
REHABILITATION OF PARAPLEGIA DUE TO ACUTE SPINAL EPIDURAL HEMATOMA
Masayuki HOSAKANobuyuki KAWATEMasazumi MIZUMAYoshiaki MORI
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2001 Volume 61 Issue 1 Pages 102-106

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We reported on the rehabilitation in a 63-year-old male with acute spinal epidural hematoma and paraplegia who had suffered from concurrent diseases and complications. The patient had dorsal pain and adynamia in the lower limbs while bending and stretching and was taken to our hospital. The patient was diagnosed by MRI as having acute spinal epidural hematoma and underwent conservative treatment. Because palsy had not improved, surgery for decompression was performed and the patient began to receive rehabilitation. The initial aim of rehabilitation was to resume daily activities at home using a wheelchair and to live independently. Because of concurrent diseases (angina, abdominal aortic aneurysm, ischemic enteritis, and stomach cancer), and complications (nugina, abdominal aortic aneurysm, ischemic enteritis), the patient could not use a wheelchair and live independently. However, receiving increased social support, he was discharged to his nome from the hospital.
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