Neurological Complications Following Epidural Anesthesia

Neurological deficit following combined spinal-epidural anesthesia for knee arthroplasty.

A healthy man developed cauda equina syndrome after uneventful combined spinal and epidural anesthesia. No pre-existing neurologic disorder was recorded. There was no pain or paresthesia during needle placement, drug injection or catheter insertion. The sensory levels were improved within a few days following the deficit but little improvement on motor power but not on sphincter tone. Local ane...

Neurological complications following diphtheria

Spinal epidural hematoma following epidural anesthesia. Case report.

Epidural anesthesia is one of the preferred modes of analgesia intra- and postoperative in limb surgery. Although considered very safe, serious complications can occur with 0.1-1 per 10,000 epidural injections. We present a case of a patient who experienced an acute lumbar epidural hematoma after epidural anesthesia.

Transverse myelitis following combined spinal-epidural anesthesia

Corresponding author: Youn Hee Lim, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Sanggye Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, 761-1, Sanggye 7-dong, Nowon-gu, Seoul 139-707, Korea. Tel: 82-2-950-1173, Fax: 82-2-950-1323, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http...

Neurological adverse events following regional anesthesia administration

Regional anesthesia and analgesia have been associated with improved analgesia, decreased postoperative nausea and vomiting, and increased patient satisfaction for many types of surgical procedures. In obstetric anesthesia care, it has also been associated with improved maternal mortality and major morbidity. The majority of neurological adverse events following regional anesthesia administrati...