Postoperative nerve irritation syndrome after epidural analgesia in a six-year-old child.
case_report · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 14665569.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
Morbidity after paediatric epidural anaesthesia is unusual. We report a case of transient nerve root irritation occurring after epidural analgesia for radical nephrectomy in a 6-yr-old boy who received a continuous infusion of bupivacaine 0.1%. The epidural catheter was inserted within the L2-L3 interspace under general anaesthesia. Several possible causes are discussed. Mechanical irritation of nerve roots by the epidural catheter in the epidural space is the most likely cause. Br J Anaesth 2004: 92: 146-8
Medical subject headings
- Analgesia, Epidural
- Postoperative Pain
- Spinal Nerve Roots