Spinal anesthesia in a patient with postoperative iatrogenic pseudomeningocele - A case report

Although spinal anesthesia is one of the most reliable anesthetic techniques in clinical practice, failures may occur in daily practice at rare occasions. Their causes are diverse and they include anatomical structural variations. In particular, postoperative anatomical changes often occur in patien...

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Published inAnesthesia and pain medicine (Korean society of anesthesiologists) Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 107 - 110
Main Authors Lee, Jae-woo, Kang, Hyoseok, Choi, Eun-Su, Seol, Jin Wook, Shin, Sojin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 대한마취통증의학회 31.01.2018
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마취과학
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ISSN2383-7977
1975-5171
2383-7977
DOI10.17085/apm.2018.13.1.107

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Summary:Although spinal anesthesia is one of the most reliable anesthetic techniques in clinical practice, failures may occur in daily practice at rare occasions. Their causes are diverse and they include anatomical structural variations. In particular, postoperative anatomical changes often occur in patients who have undergone spine surgery and may cause failures of spinal anesthesia. Postoperative pseudomeningocele constitutes extradural cerebrospinal fluid collected from a dural tear and it is considered a very rare complication of spine surgery. We describe the case where a patient with unexpected postoperative iatrogenic pseudomeningocele received lower extremity surgery under spinal anesthesia. KCI Citation Count: 0
Bibliography:https://doi.org/10.17085/apm.2018.13.1.107
ISSN:2383-7977
1975-5171
2383-7977
DOI:10.17085/apm.2018.13.1.107