Transient hemiparesis following laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus: A case report

Jo, Youn Yi; Jung, Wol Seon; Nam, Seung Gyun; Chang, Young Jin

Case Report

Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2012;7(1):51-54.
Published online January 31, 2012.

Transient hemiparesis following laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus: A case report

Youn Yi Jo, Wol Seon Jung, Seung Gyun Nam, Young Jin Chang

¹Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea. yjsk@gilhospital.com
²Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.

Abstract

The patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) have abnormal cerebral auto-regulation and preexisting DM is one of the major factors related to adverse postoperative neurological deficits. New onset hemiparesis is a rare and devastating event in a patient awakening from general anesthersia. We report a case of transient hemiparesis after general anesthesia in a patient underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy with uncontrolled DM.

Key Words: Diabetes mellitus, General anesthesia, Hemiparesis