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A hemothorax after thoracic epidural anesthesia
Y Iida1, S Kashimoto, T Matsukawa
1Department of Anesthesiology, Yamanashi Medical University, Japan.
Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
|November 1, 1994
Abstract:
A case of a hemothorax that occurred after thoracic epidural anesthesia is described. This situation might have been caused by accidental puncture of the intercostal vessel and visceral pleura by a Tuohy needle. The risk of causing a pneumothorax and/or hemothorax must be kept in mind when attempting thoracic epidural anesthesia.