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Management of an Epidural Abscess After Continuous Epidural Catheter Infusion
Author(s) -
Malak Osama A.,
Mossad Sherif B.,
Mekhail Nagy A.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
pain practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1533-2500
pISSN - 1530-7085
DOI - 10.1046/j.1533-2500.2001.01019.x
Subject(s) - medicine , epidural abscess , catheter , surgery , anesthesia , abscess
Objective: • To increase awareness of the possibility of epidural infection after continuous epidural infusion. • Outline the salient diagnostic features of epidural infection. • Outline a strategy to manage epidural infection and minimize morbidity. Setting: Academic multidisciplinary pain clinic Patient: A patient with a left knee meniscal tear with a history of Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome Type I (CRPS I) of the left foot. Interventions: Attempted control of CRPS I symptoms with a tunnelled epidural catheter infusion. Results and Conclusions: The patient developed an epidural abscess diagnosed on the 11 th postoperative day. The catheter was removed and the patient was treated successfully with intravenous antibiotics.