We report the case of a thoracic epidural hematoma at the T7-T9 level which occurred after placement of spinal epidural catheter for continuous anaesthesia in acute pancreatitis. The male patient felt a sudden back pain after six days of successful analgesia and became paraplegic 24 hours afterwards
Spinal epidural haematoma: report of 11 cases and review of the literature
β Scribed by M. Boukobza; J. P. Guichard; M. Boissonet; B. George; D. Reizine; F. Gelbert; J. J. Merland
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 980 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-3940
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