Navigating the Crisis of White Cord Syndrome in a Diabetic Female Patient After Cervical Spine Surgery: A Case Report
Harold L Rivera-Alvarado, Guillermo Garcia-Vargas, Julián J Zayas-Vélez, Amanda Cintron-Santiago, Myrna Morales-Franqui, Emil A Pastrana, Hector Torres, Maria J Crespo · 2025
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Harold Rivera-Alvarado and co-authors report a case of white cord syndrome, a spinal cord injury that can strike during neck surgery. A seventy-two-year-old woman with asthma and type 2 diabetes had surgery to relieve pressure on her cord. During the operation, the signals monitoring cord function suddenly vanished.
The team responded with high-dose steroids to cut swelling and drugs to push her blood pressure up, hoping to keep the cord supplied. Even so, her movement worsened after surgery. In the recovery unit she regained some strength, but progress stalled, and she moved to a rehabilitation facility. The authors use the case to examine how blood sugar control around surgery, steroid use, and the syndrome interact. They present the report as a guide for surgical teams facing this crisis, where minutes and pressure management may decide how much function a patient keeps.
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| CREATOR | Harold L Rivera-Alvarado, Guillermo Garcia-Vargas, Julián J Zayas-Vélez, Amanda Cintron-Santiago, Myrna Morales-Franqui, Emil A Pastrana, Hector Torres, Maria J Crespo |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |