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Spinal cord compression immediately following, but unrelated to, epidural analgesia
Author(s) -
MILLS G. H.,
HOWELL S. J. L.,
RICHMOND M. N.
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.tb04311.x
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal cord compression , anesthesia , neurological deficit , spinal cord , analgesic , cord , compression (physics) , combined spinal epidural , surgery , materials science , psychiatry , composite material
Summary A patient developed spinal cord compression following epidural analgesia. The diagnosis was made difficult by the presence of epidural analgesia, although the compression was not in fact related to the analgesic technique employed. This case highlights the need for close observation of patients in whom epidural analgesia is, or has recently been, employed and the need to consider alternative reasons for neurological deficit.