Subarachnoid spread of epidural local anaesthetic following dural puncture

Open Access

1 August 1988

journal article
case report
Published by Wiley in Anaesthesia

Vol. 43 (8) , 671-674
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.1988.tb04155.x

Abstract

A case is described of an extensive block and hypotension which occurred after inadvertent dural puncture and subsequent epidural injection of bupivacaine. The subarachnoid spread of solution from the extradural space was confirmed radiologically.

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