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Cerebrospinal fluid cutaneous fistula An unusual complication of epidural anaesthesia
Author(s) -
HOWES J.,
LENZ R.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1994.tb03426.x
Subject(s) - medicine , complication , cerebrospinal fluid , anesthesia , fistula , spinal anesthesia , surgery , pathology
Summary We describe two cases of cerebrospinal fluid‐cutaneous fistula following epidural anaesthesia used for postoperative pain relief. In each case spinal headache occurred only after removal of the catheters and both patients were treated successfully with autologous blood patches.