Key result
Post-operative epidural catheter migration into the subarachnoid space resulted in near total patient collapse.
Highlights a severe complication of epidural catheter migration into the subarachnoid space.
May warrant heightened post-operative epidural monitoring; leaves open incidence and prevention data.
Epidural anaesthesia is being regularly practised in many clinical settings and there are many documented complications.Here we report the successful management of accidental migration of epidural catheter into the subarachnoid space causing near collapse in a patient.
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Madhusudan et al. (2016) studied this question. Post-operative epidural catheter migration into the subarachnoid space resulted in near total patient collapse.
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