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The breaking of an intrathecally-placed epidural catheter during extraction
Stella Ugboma1, Xuan Au-Truong, Leonard I Kranzler
1Department of Anesthesiology, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60657, USA.
Anesthesia and Analgesia
|September 28, 2002
Abstract
Implications:
Misplacement of an epidural catheter into the subarachnoid space is a recognized complication. However, breakage of an intrathecal epidural catheter during removal presents a dilemma. Appropriate imaging, a neurosurgical consultation, and aggressive surgical exploration and extraction of the retained piece are warranted, even in the asymptomatic patient.