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Subdural block complicating spinal anesthesia?
1Department of Anaesthesiology, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, New Delhi, India. bali@ndf.vsnl.net.in
Anesthesia and Analgesia
|March 28, 2002
Abstract
Implications:
Features suggestive of subdural block appeared after an apparently normal subarachnoid block. The long bevel of the reusable Quincke-type spinal needle may have contributed to the development of this complication. We propose that spinal needles should have a smaller bevel to minimize the possibility of such a complication.