Abstract:
A 78 year old man with tetraparesis, reduced forced vital capacity, and neurogenic bladder dysfunction due to Guillain-Barré syndrome was admitted for elective transurethral prostate resection and percutaneous lithotripsy of a bladder stone. On the sixth postoperative day, he was readmitted for emergency evacuation of a clot in the bladder. Both operations were performed with spinal anesthesia (hyperbaric bupivacaine + fentanyl) without neurologic sequelae.
Wipfli, Arnold, Luginbühl, , , , , , (2013). Repeated spinal anesthesia in a tetraparetic patient with Guillain-Barré syndrome. Journal of clinical anesthesia, 2013 Aug;25(5):409-412. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23965204