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Epidural haematoma requiring surgical decompression following repeated cervical epidural steroid injections for
K N Williams1, A Jackowski, P J D Evans
1Pain Relief Service, Charing Cross Hospital, London W6 8RF U.K. Dept. of Neurosurgery, Charing Cross Hospital, London W6 8RF U.K.
Pain
|August 1, 1990
Abstract:
We report a case of epidural haematoma following a steroid injection into the cervical epidural space. The complication occurred on the seventh such injection over a 2 year period for chronic spinal pain. Surgical decompression over the seventh cervical and the upper 3 thoracic vertebrae was required to alleviate the symptoms of paralysis and anaesthesia. The patient subsequently required skin grafting to the surgical site and two trans-urethral resections of the prostate gland during his 6 week hospital admission. He made a full recovery.