The Korean Journal of Pain
- 제10권2호
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- Pages.301-303
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- 1997
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- 2005-9159(pISSN)
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- 2093-0569(eISSN)
지속적 경막외 차단술 후 발생한 척수거미막염
Spinal Arachnoiditis after Continuous Epidural Block
- Jang, Hang (Department of Anesthesiology and Neuro-Pain Clinic, Dong Gang Hospital) ;
- Kim, Jeong-Ho (Department of Anesthesiology and Neuro-Pain Clinic, Dong Gang Hospital) ;
- Gang, Hoon-Soo (Department of Anesthesiology and Neuro-Pain Clinic, Dong Gang Hospital)
- 발행 : 1997.11.22
초록
A 35-year-old female patient was referred to our hospital with neurologic symptoms after continuous epidural block performed 2 days earlier. She die not have any prior no previous lumbar surgery or experience trauma, intraspinal hemorrhage, infections or other known causative factors to associate with neurologic symptoms. Continuous epidural block is widely used for postoperative pain control. Complications can occur with this block including postduralpuncture headache, epidural abscess and rare cases of arachnoiditis etc. We experienced such a case of spinal arachnoiditis after continuous epidural block. Neurologic examination revealed painful bilateral hypoesthesia below