Diffuse arachnoiditis following epidural analgesia

✍ Scribed by A. Boiardi; A. Sghirlanzoni; L. Mantia; G. Bussone; B. Lombardi; F. Girotti

• Book ID: 104717957
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1983
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 571 KB
• Volume: 230
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0340-5354
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00313701

✦ Synopsis

Four cases of spinal arachnoiditis are reported, which occurred as a delayed complication of epidural anaesthesia. Different causes are considered: the most convincing hypothesis is that there was a subarachnoid hyperergic reaction to the drugs injected during epidural anaesthesia.