Difficult removal of a wire-reinforced epidural catheter

Harold L. Pierre; Brian M. Block; Christopher L. Wu

doi:10.1016/S0952-8180(02)00516-0

Difficult removal of a wire-reinforced epidural catheter

Harold L. Pierre, Brian M. Block, Christopher L. Wu

School of Medicine

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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".

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	140-141
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
Volume	15
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0952-8180(02)00516-0
State	Published - Mar 2003

Keywords

Anesthesia
Catheterization
Epidural
Obstetric

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Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

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