BJA Advance Access originally published online on February 13, 2006
British Journal of Anaesthesia 2006 96(4):508-509; doi:10.1093/bja/ael027
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Subcutaneous effusion resulting from an epidural catheter fragment
1Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Abant Izzet Baysal, Duzce Faculty of Medicine Duzce, Turkey
2Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Abant Izzet Baysal, Duzce Faculty of Medicine Duzce, Turkey
3Department of Radiology, University of Abant Izzet Baysal, Duzce Faculty of Medicine Duzce, Turkey
*Corresponding author. E-mail: demiryvz{at}yahoo.com
The breakage of an epidural catheter within a patient is uncommon, but troublesome, complication of epidural block, and its cause is rarely discovered. In this case report, our aim was to present an effusion between s.c. tissue and fascia in the lumbar region because of a broken fragment of epidural catheter which was unnoticed during its removal.
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