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Neurology (52)
Author(s) -
Brookman C.A.,
Rutledge M.L.c
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
pain practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1533-2500
pISSN - 1530-7085
DOI - 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2001.1011-52.x
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , abscess , dissection (medical) , magnetic resonance imaging , groin , anesthesia , radiology
Epidural abscess: case report and literature review. (Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland) Reg Anesth Pain Med 2000;25:428–431. A case of a 72‐year‐old woman who underwent adrenalectomy and groin dissection for recurrent malignant melanoma under combined general and epidural anesthesia was presented. On the fourth postoperative day, she developed signs of localized infection at the epidural site and a band of reduced sensation. Further neurological signs developed before the diagnosis was made by magnetic resonance imaging scans. She subsequently underwent emergency laminectomy and drainage of the epidural abscess. Conclude that delayed diagnosis allowed the development of significant morbidity before neurosurgical intervention and antibiotics were instituted.