Epidural abscess after multiple lumbar punctures for labour epidural catheter placement

Sundeep S. Tumber; Hong Liu

doi:10.1016/S1674-8301(10)60046-2

Epidural abscess after multiple lumbar punctures for labour epidural catheter placement

Sundeep S. Tumber, Hong Liu

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

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Abstract

Epidural catheterization is routinely used by anaesthesiologists to provide labour and post-operative analgesia. In most cases, catheter placement is without serious side effects and uneventful. However, epidural abscess is a rare complication that may result in severe morbidity. We present a case of epidural abscess after labour epidural catheter placement in a healthy 36-year-old female who presented on post-partum d 10 with complaints of fever and back pain. She was treated with intravenous antibiotics and fully recovered.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	332-335
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Biomedical Research
Volume	24
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1674-8301(10)60046-2
State	Published - Jul 2010

Keywords

Abscess
Analgesia
Catheters
Epidural
Labour

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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
Medicine(all)

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