| A case of accidental shearing of epidural catheter during combined spinal epidural anesthesia for cesarean section. |
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Bong Jae Lee, So Ra Kim |
1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, East-West Neo Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. lbj8350@naver.com
2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, East-West Neo Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. |
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| Abstract |
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The insertion of epidural catheter into the epidural space for control of postoperative pain, in the anesthetic practice, is very common, since, the technique is safe, effective and easy. Nevertheless, although not very frequent, inadequate positions, these included: coiled, knots and shearing of catheters. A 35-year-old woman with pregnancy 40 weeks had a combined spinal epidural anesthesia for cesarean section. After 0.5% heavy bupivacaine 8 mg was injected intrathecally, we inserted epidural catheter through Tuohy needle for postoperative pain control. During insertion of epidural catheter, the blood through epidural catheter was aspirated. We pulled out the epidural catheter while the Tuohy needle is in place. The epidural catheter was cut. The catheter tip separated and left in epidural space. The distal tip of the catheter was not detected using a simple X-ray and ultrasonogram. We decided to leave the catheter tip into the epidural space, because the parturients was asymptomatic. |
| Key Words:
Accidental shearing of catheter, Epidural anesthesia, Epidural catheter |
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