EXTRADURAL ABSCESS FOLLOWING LOCAL ANAESTHETIC AND STEROID INJECTION FOR CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN

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1 September 1990

journal article
case report
Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia

Vol. 65 (3) , 427-429
https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/65.3.427

Abstract

A case is described of extradural abscess following extradural injection of local anaesthetic and steroid for the management of chronic low back pain. The common signs and symptoms are reviewed, possible causes discussed and the association with diabetes stressed.

Keywords

ANAESTHETIC TECHNIQUES: EXTRADURAL
COMPLICATIONS: EXTRADURAL ABSCESS

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