Population
1 56-year-old male patient with stomach cancer scheduled for subtotal gastrectomy with gastrojejunostomy…
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
9 days
Authors
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Unexpected delayed emergence after epidural may signal subdural placement; single-case evidence leaves open the value of routine radiologic confirmation.
Accidental subdural placement of an epidural catheter can cause life-threatening respiratory depression and unconsciousness, highlighting the need for vigilance and radiologic confirmation when unexpected clinical features arise.
Shin et al. (2013) studied this question.
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