Epidural hematoma unrelated to combined spinal-epidural anesthesia in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis receiving aspirin after total hip replacement.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1213/01.ANE.0000143564.71765.30.
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Abstract
Although rare, major complications after spinal and epidural anesthesia do occur. The safety of spinal and epidural anesthesia has been well established. This is a report of an epidural hematoma in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis who received aspirin for thromboprophylaxis after total hip replacement that was unrelated to the combined spinal-epidural anesthetic. Most epidural hematomas are spontaneous and idiopathic.
Medical subject headings
- Anesthesia, Epidural
- Anesthesia, Spinal
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
- Aspirin
- Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial
- Spondylitis, Ankylosing