Periodic quadriplegia during the acute postoperative phase of cervical laminoplasty: a case report and literature review.

The use of antibiotics can, in rare cases, induce neuromuscular blockade (NMB), resulting in paralytic symptoms. Although such antibiotic-induced NMB has been described in the anaesthesiology and infectious disease literature, it is an unfamiliar clinical entity in the fields of neurosurgery and spinal surgery. Herein, we report a case of periodic quadriplegia due to NMB induced by perioperative prophylactic antibiotic of cefazolin, resulting in highly confusing paralytic symptoms during the acute postoperative phase of cervical laminoplasty, together with a review of the relevant literature. © 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria, part of Springer Nature.

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Shinya Ueyama, Sachio Hayama, Masahiro Mizutani, Yoshiharu Nakaya, Yoshitada Usami, Takashi Fujishiro, Masashi Neo. Periodic quadriplegia during the acute postoperative phase of cervical laminoplasty: a case report and literature review. Acta neurochirurgica. 2022 May;164(5):1229-1232

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