Open AccessVisible Evidence of Lumbar Epidural Catheter Misplacement–A Critical Incident Case Report
Author(s) -
Rajkiran Babubhai Shah,
Beena P Butala,
Geeta P Parikh,
Rajesh Pargi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/24573.9209
Subject(s) - medicine , catheter , lumbar , epidural space , surgery , anesthesia
One of the causes of failed epidurals is catheter misplacement. Though various techniques of epidural space identification have been developed, none of them is 100% successful. Here, we present a case of lumbar epidural catheter misplacement in a patient scheduled to undergo right sided open nephrectomy. Catheter was found in the surgical field coming out of psoas major muscle.