• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.281-284
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• 1997

Continuous epidural blockade is a widely accepted, useful technique for providing anesthesia and analgesia. But there have been several anecdotal reports of complications such as: abnormal position, knotting, shearing of the catheter, etc. We experienced a case of shearing of the end of an epidural catheter which was difficult to remove from epidural space of a 39-year-old patient. Ultrasonogram proved to be very effective to confirm the presence and position of the retained catheter. We surgically removed the retained catheter as it could potentially lead to infection of the epidural space. We advocate the ultrasonogram as an effective procedure to confirm and locate retained epidural catheter.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.378-382
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• 1995

Continuous epidural blockade has been used widely for providing anesthesia and analgesia. But many kinds of unusual complications have been reported such as: kinking, knotting, shearing, abnormal positions of catheter, etc. We experienced a case of malposition of the catheter which pass out the epidural space through the intervertebral foramen in a 33-year-old cancer patient. We confirmed it by epidurogram.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.203-207
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• 1989

통증치료의 분야에서 뿐 만 아니라 환자를 진단하고 치료하는 의학의 전반에 걸쳐 예기치 못한 합병증의 발생은 어쩌면 피할 수 없는 것인지도 모른다. 따라서 환자를 진료하는 의사는 합병증의 발생에 대한 잠재적 가능성을 언제고 염두에 두어야하고, 일단 합병증이 발생하였더라도 임기응변으로 적절히 대처할 수 있는 지식과 기술을 폭넓게 갖추고 있어야 한다고 생각된다. 저자들은 통증치료목적으로 지주막하 alcohol차단, 경천추차단, 경막외 catheter 거치중 폐기종, 약물의 이상확산, catheter 절단을 각각 경험하였으므로 이에 관하여 고찰하였다.