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Failure of anaesthesia after accidental subdural catheter placement
Author(s) -
Maaten J. M. A. A.,
Kleef J. W.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1992.tb03549.x
Subject(s) - medicine , accidental , anesthesia , catheter , surgery , subdural hemorrhage , general anaesthesia , subdural hematomas , hematoma , physics , acoustics
A case is described where an epidural anaesthetic was complicated by dural puncture, following which attempted conversion to a continuous subarachnoid infusion technique resulted in failure of anaesthesia. Accidental subdural catheter placement was confirmed radiologically, subdural spread of solution being demonstrated; however, only minimal anaesthetic effects were produced.