Open AccessSpinal Cord Injury in a Child Caused by an Accidental Dural Puncture with a Single-Shot Thoracic Epidural Needle
Author(s) -
Takashi Kasai,
K. Yaegashi,
M. Hirose,
Yasuyuki Tanaka
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1097/00000539-200301000-00014
Subject(s) - medicine , accidental , surgery , magnetic resonance imaging , spinal cord , anesthesia , thoracic spine , spinal cord injury , radiology , physics , psychiatry , acoustics
A child experienced a spinal cord injury by an accidental dural puncture during thoracic epidural anesthesia. A magnetic resonance image was used for diagnosis and treatment.