Unrecognized contralateral intrapleural catheter: bilateral blockade may obscure detection of failed epidural catheterization. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Thoracic epidural analgesia has been widely used to reduce both postoperative and posttraumatic pain. We describe a case of inadvertent right-sided interpleural catheter placement and pneumothorax during attempted epidural catheter placement for left-sided rib fractures that went unrecognized because of bilateral blockade and adequate analgesia.

publication date

  • March 1, 2007

Research

keywords

  • Analgesia
  • Catheterization
  • Pain, Postoperative
  • Pneumothorax

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 33847210667

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1213/01.ane.0000255654.01482.74

PubMed ID

  • 17312236

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 104

issue

  • 3