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Anesthetics and AnesthesiologyISSN: 2377-4630

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 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-4630/1410060

Timely Detection of Epidural Catheter Migration: Diagnosis and Management: A Case Report

YC Tay and MJ Abrahams

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: November 29, 2017

Epidural catheters that are commonly placed for anaesthesia or analgesia have a serious complication of migration. Besides intravascular local anaesthetic infusion which could lead to systemic toxicity, a subdural migration is often diagnosed late and presents with life-threatening outcomes noted either at post-mortem or requiring intensive care management....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-4630/1410059

Pourfour Du Petit Syndrome Presenting as Subdural Block. A Rare Complication of Obstetric Epidural Analgesia: A Case Report

Edward M Becerra, Jose L Aguilar, Raquel Pelaez, Jakeline R Jurado and Jordi Ballabriga

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: October 26, 2017

To report a rare case of Pourfour du Petit Syndrome (PDPS), presenting clinically as subdural block (SDB), as a complication of Obstetric Epidural Analgesia (OEA). PDPS is described as reverse HornerĀ“s syndrome. It is characterized by mydriasis, exophthalmos, eye-lid retraction and hyperhidrosis....

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