Difficult removal of a wire-reinforced epidural catheter. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We report a case of epidural catheter shearing, an uncommon complication of removal of a wire-reinforced epidural catheter. The catheter was removed without incident, and with the tip intact, after we allowed the patient to relax for 3 hours, placing the patient in the lateral decubitus position, and placing continuous tension on the catheter itself so as to let it "work its way out".

publication date

  • March 1, 2003

Research

keywords

  • Analgesia, Epidural
  • Analgesia, Obstetrical
  • Catheterization

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0037360140

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/s0952-8180(02)00516-0

PubMed ID

  • 12719055

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 15

issue

  • 2