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A 75 year old man underwent a triple coronary artery bypass graft performed with intra-aortic balloon pump assistance. Left leg weakness developed on the first postoperative day, progressive worsening occurred over the next 2½ weeks, finally culminating in a modified Brown-Séquard pattern of deficit. No etiology was found. Previous reports of spinal cord injury following coronary artery bypass graft are reviewed and the microcirculation of the spinal cord is discussed.
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Gottesman, M., Saraya, I. & Tenti, F. Modified Brown-Séquard syndrome following coronary artery bypass graft: case report. Spinal Cord 30, 178–180 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1992.51
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1992.51