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Bilateral extensive skin necrosis of the lower limbs following prolonged epidural blockade
V A Peduto1, G Boero, A Marchi
1Institute of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Cagliari, Ospedale S. Giovanni di Dio, Italy.
Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D'Anesthesie
|November 1, 1988
Abstract:
Skin necrosis has not been described as a complication following epidural sympathetic blockade. We report a case of bilateral extensive skin necrosis of the lower limbs after a 48-hour lumbar epidural blockade in a 71-year-old patient with right hemiplegia and mitral valve regurgitation, without any preoperative clinical evidence of peripheral vascular disease or diabetes, who underwent transurethral prostatectomy.