{Reference Type}: Case Reports
{Title}: Periodic quadriplegia during the acute postoperative phase of cervical laminoplasty: a case report and literature review.
{Author}: Ueyama S;Hayama S;Mizutani M;Nakaya Y;Usami Y;Fujishiro T;Neo M;
{Journal}: Acta Neurochir (Wien)
{Volume}: 164
{Issue}: 5
{Year}: 05 2022
{Factor}: 2.816
{DOI}: 10.1007/s00701-022-05148-3
{Abstract}: The use of antibiotics can, in rare cases, induce neuromuscular blockade (NMB), resulting in paralytic symptoms. Although such antibiotic-induced NMB has been described in the anaesthesiology and infectious disease literature, it is an unfamiliar clinical entity in the fields of neurosurgery and spinal surgery. Herein, we report a case of periodic quadriplegia due to NMB induced by perioperative prophylactic antibiotic of cefazolin, resulting in highly confusing paralytic symptoms during the acute postoperative phase of cervical laminoplasty, together with a review of the relevant literature.