Bajaj Pramila, Raiger Lalit Kumar, Raman Vinutha
Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care, R.N.T. Medical College, Udaipur, Raj.-313004.
Middle East J Anaesthesiol. 2003 Oct;17(3):463-6.
Kinking of an epidural catheter with resultant failure to inject drug is a complication of lumbar epidural analgesia. Here, we report a case of kinking of epidural catheter 1 cm proximal to its tip after 20 days of insertion. It was inserted to a female for pain relief, suffering from carcinoma of the cervix.
硬膜外导管扭结导致药物注射失败是腰椎硬膜外镇痛的一种并发症。在此，我们报告一例硬膜外导管在插入20天后其尖端近端1厘米处发生扭结的病例。该导管是为一名患有宫颈癌的女性插入以缓解疼痛的。
