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Spinal epidural abscess following epidural cannulation for flail chest analgesia: a case report
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Abstract
Epidural abscess after epidural catheterization is a rare complication. Neurological manifestations vary and the patient described here presented with complete paraplegia. He was managed by surgical decompression and did well postoperatively. We present a case report and review of the literature of thoracic epidural abscess following catheterization for epidural analgesia with near total neurological recovery.
Abstract
Epidural abscess after epidural catheterization is a rare complication. Neurological manifestations vary and the patient described here presented with complete paraplegia. He was managed by surgical decompression and did well postoperatively. We present a case report and review of the literature of thoracic epidural abscess following catheterization for epidural analgesia with near total neurological recovery.
Keywords
thoracic epidural abscess, surgical decompression, epidural analgesia, near total recovery, laminotomy
About this articleTitle
Spinal epidural abscess following epidural cannulation for flail chest analgesia: a case report
Journal
Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska
Issue
Pages
80-83
DOI
10.1016/S0028-3843(14)60064-5
Bibliographic record
Neurol Neurochir Pol 2011;45(1):80-83.
Keywords
thoracic epidural abscess
surgical decompression
epidural analgesia
near total recovery
laminotomy
Authors
Nitin Peters
Shekhar Upadhyay
Sarvpreet Grewal
Navdeep Suini