A Case of "Foot Drop" Following Combined Spinal Epidural Anesthesia
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We describe a case with a 50-yr-old, healthy woman who developed neurological symptoms associated with left foot drop following Combined Spinal Epidural Anesthesia (CSEA) for right total knee arthroplasty. She complained of paresthesia and pain during insertion of the 27-G, atraumatic spinal needle which was believed to be introduced at the L2-3 interspace after the 18-G epidural needle. However, when the spinal needle was withdrawn about 1-2 mm her symptoms immediately dissapeared. Although the intraoperative period was successful and uneventful, 2 hours after the end of surgery, the patient said that she was unable to move her left foot. She had little pain and her operated leg was able to move easily once the motor blockade of spinal anesthesia was entirely regressed.
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