Open AccessSpinal epidural abscess post spinal anesthesia: An uncommon complication of a common procedure
Author(s) -
Jeevesh Mallik,
Vanita Motiani,
Manish Ganesh Pai
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2248-9614
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_154_20
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal epidural abscess , epidural space , complication , epidural abscess , surgery , anesthesia , abscess , spinal anesthesia
Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a severe pyogenic infection of the epidural space. Bacteria gain access to the epidural space either by hematogenous spread, contiguous spread from a neighboring infected structure, or through iatrogenic inoculation. The diagnosis of SEA is a challenge, largely because of its rarity. We present here a case of SEA of iatrogenic origin (post spinal anesthesia), which we treated at Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur.