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Accidental injection of ether into the epidural space
1Institut für Anästhesiologie und Intensivbehandlung, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland.
Anaesthesia
|February 1, 1991
Abstract:
Five ml diethyl ether was accidentally injected into the epidural space via an epidural catheter at the end of a Caesarean section. Immediately the patient felt a hot and burning pain in her legs that led to paraparesis, with a sensory level to T8. The patient showed bilateral recovery of both motor and sensory functions 4 hours after the accident.