A case of iatrogenic acute spinal cord injury with tetraplegia following thyroid surgery.

A case of iatrogenic acute spinal cord injury with tetraplegia following thyroid surgery.

Iatrogenic acute spinal cord injury with tetraplegia is a serious consequence of non-spinal surgery.We report a case of acute spinal cord injury with tetraplegia after thyroid surgery./r/nThe patient was pathologically diagnosed with papillary carcinoma, underwent left thyroidectomy, and developed tetraplegia after surgery./r/nThe patient was diagnosed with acute spinal cord injury with tetraplegia and cured after anti-inflammatory and dehydrating treatment./r/nIatrogenic spinal cord injuries after elective non-spinal surgery can have catastrophic consequences, and clinicians must be alert to this possibility in clinical practice.