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Maintained unilateral analgesia
Author(s) -
SalaBlanch X.,
Izquierdo E.,
Fita G.,
Maria B. José,
Nalda M. A.
Publication year - 1995
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.1399-6576.1995.tb05605.x
Subject(s) - medicine , catheter , epidural space , anesthesia , surgery , contrast medium , radiology
We describe a case of a patient subjected to what proved to be an epidural puncture with catheter placement resulting in persistent unilateral analgesia. The epidurographic study by contrast medium injection through the catheter showed unilateral distribution of the contrast following the cranio‐caudal axis in the anterior epidural space.