Bilateral subconjunctival haemorrhage in spinal cord injury: a case report.

ABSTRACT: Neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction is a common symptom after spinal cord injury. Here, the case of a 45-year-old male patient who was treated with indwelling urinary catheter during spinal surgery for a fall fracture injury of the T12 thoracic vertebra, associated with decreased muscle strength of both lower extremities, is described. During hospitalization in the rehabilitation department, conventional anticoagulation therapy was administered, and the urinary catheter was removed with the patient urinating by increasing abdominal pressure. At 8 days following urinary catheter removal, the patient was found to have a slight subconjunctival haemorrhage of the left eye, which gradually developed into massive subconjunctival haemorrhage in both eyes. After re-indwelling the urinary ca

SUBMITTER: Zhong J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10402281 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature